1892 THE PRIVY COUNCILLORSHIP 257 



way to do honour to science, it is stupid of Nature to 

 strike the discordant note. 



His letter appeared in Nature of September 1 

 (vol. xlvi. p. 416). In it he declared that both Lord 

 Salisbury's and Mr. Gladstone's Governments had 

 given him substantial recognition ; that Lord Iddes- 

 leigh had put the Civil List pension expressly as an 

 honour ; and finally, that he himself placed this last 

 honour in the category of "unearned increments." 



VOL. ni 



