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course in life. The great struggle through which Huxley 

 lived is over. Science, philosophy, religion, are no longer 

 engaged in a triangular duel. The man who mines for gold 

 is in no way concerned with the analysis of the emotions 

 which decide a rich man to spend it upon himself or to give 

 it in charity. The recruit to the scientific mine must be 

 content to push forward his adits and galleries in the direc- 

 tion in which gold is supposed to lie, with no thought of the 

 use which will be made of the coined metal, and no expec- 

 tation of driving his tunnel to the far side of the mountain 

 and catching a vision of the beyond. Nowadays we want to 

 know because we want to know. Philosophical generalisa- 

 tions, in the sense which still clings to the word philosophy, 

 of a guide for conduct, are no longer looked for from 

 science. 



