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anatomist will tell you that all the nerves that control 

 or rather direct motion spring from this sensory cen- 

 ter. And herein lies the great hold which true science 

 has on every industry. True scientific study has al- 

 ways something for the hand as well as for the brain. 

 Science without the laboratory, is a ship without a sea. 

 In the study of botany we find the hand at once engaged. 

 The manipulations of the magnifying glass and of the 

 dissecting implements teach at once a skill and dex- 

 terity which are never without their value. The chem- 

 ical and physical laboratory is even richer in culture 

 for the backbone. No student can earnestly pursue 

 the study of these sciences in a proper way without se- 

 curing a technical training that will prove a lasting 

 benefit Men must produce as well as consume. Mere 

 abstract reasoning is a good thing, but men cannot live 

 on abstract reasons. Even turnips are more nutritious 

 than abstract reasons. Fairies can " live on lovers' 

 sighs," but shepherds and lord chancellors must have 

 something more substantial. Science study, in or- 

 der to have its true technical value, must be pursued in 

 a scientific manner. What has caused science to be 

 looked on with so much suspicion by many practical 

 men ? I answer, humbug. Much of what has passed 

 for science in this and other countries has been the 

 flimsiest shoddy. 



In many places of instruction the object seems to 

 have been simply " cram." Dead and dry platitudes 

 have been forced down the throats of unwilling subjects 

 to absolute nausea. So-called science has been taught 

 without a single idea of what real science is. What, 

 then, could you expect in the way of results ? Noth- 

 ing; absolutely nothing but disgust and distrust for 

 everything which was suspected of being scientific. 



