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and secure new achievements in every form of organ- 

 ized labor. 



DIFFUSION OF SCIENTIFIC TEUTH. 



It would be, however, a great mistake to suppose that 

 science has no other relation whatever to industries and 

 arts aside from what is purely financial. There are 

 indeed other true relations scarcely less important, 

 which should be honored at least with some attention. 



True science is eminently suited to diffuse general 

 information among those actively engaged in the vari- 

 ous industries. Anything which tends to impart useful 

 information to those engaged in active labor, cannot 

 fail of having an important effect on the industry itself. 



To one pursuing any vocation of skill, there is danger 

 of falling into grooves. It is sometimes hard to see 

 beyond the confines of self-work and self-interest. 

 That which concerns the laborer himself in the peculiar 

 exercise of his trade, is apt to be the only thing which 

 will excite his attention and hold his interest 



But a narrowness of view like this, is apt to beget 

 prejudice, selfishness and bigotry. But prejudice, self- 

 ishness and bigotry react on the very force that begets 

 them and tend to destroy both themselves and the in- 

 dustry they ostensibly protect. 



One great function of science is to prevent such a 

 condition. True science liberalizes and humanizes. I 

 do not mean by science, mere dogma and pretense and 

 hypothesis. Many condemn science without knowing 

 what it really is. However plausible a theory may be, 

 however strong the arguments which sustain an hypoth- 

 esis, yet theory and hypothesis are not science. 



I am far from denying the verisimilitude of many 

 scientific theories and hypotheses. They may indeed 



