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The whole universe is before us to study. The greatest labor of the 

 greatest minds has only given us a few pearls; and yet the limitless 

 ocean, with its hidden depths filled with diamonds and precious stones, 

 is before us. The problem of the universe is yet unsolved, and the mys- 

 tery involved in one single atom yet eludes us. The field of research 

 only opens wider and wider as we advance, and our minds are lost in 

 wonder and astonishment at the grandeur and beauty unfolded before 

 us. Shall we help in this grand work, or not? Shall our country do 

 its share, or shall it still live in the almshouse of the world? 



