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minds of either, so far as the work of the College 

 is concerned ; theology is as sternly banished from 

 its precincts ; and finally, it is especially declared 

 that the College shall make no provision for 

 " mere literary instruction and education." 



It does not concern me at present to dwell 

 upon the first two injunctions any longer than 

 may be needful to express my full conviction of 

 their wisdom. But the third prohibition brings 

 us face to face with those other opponents of 

 scientific education, who are by no means in the 

 moribund condition of the practical man, but 

 alive, alert, and formidable. 



It is not impossible that we shall hear this 

 express exclusion of " literary instruction and 

 education " from a College which, nevertheless, 

 professes to give a high and efficient education, 

 sharply criticised. Certainly the time was that 

 the Levites of culture would have sounded their 

 trumpets against its walls as against an educa- 

 tional Jericho. 



How often have we not been told that the 

 study of physical science is incompetent to confer 

 culture ; that it touches none of the higher 

 problems of life; and, what is worse, that the 

 continual devotion to scientific studies tends to 

 generate a narrow and bigoted belief in the 

 applicability of scientific methods to the search 

 after truth of all kinds ? How frequently one has 

 reason to observe that no reply to a troublesome 



