VII 



ON SCIENCE AND ART IN RELATION 

 TO EDUCATION 



[1882] 



WHEN a man is honoured by such a request as 

 that which reached me from the authorities of 

 your institution some time ago, I think the first 

 thing that occurs to him is that which occurred to 

 those who were bidden to the feast in the Gospel 

 to begin to make an excuse ; and probably all 

 the excuses suggested on that famous occasion 

 crop up in his mind one after the other, including 

 his " having married a wife," as reasons for not 

 doing what he is asked to do. But, in my own 

 case, and on this particular occasion, there were 

 other difficulties of a sort peculiar to the time, and 

 more or less personal to myself; because I felt 

 that, if I came amongst you, I should be expected, 

 and, indeed, morally compelled, to speak upon the 

 subject of Scientific Education. And then there 



