THE FRONTIERS OF THE SCIENCES 



THERE is much talk of science to-day. Philo- 

 sophers, sociologists and statesmen study its 

 progress and its function, and every one is con- 

 vinced that science truly exists and forms a 

 whole, whose parts are all interconnected and 

 explain one another. For a consideration one can 

 be shown places where it dwells, those palaces of 

 our modern universities whose front bears graven 

 the word Scientia showing the high esteem in 

 which modern science is held. 



It is there, if anywhere, that we must seek 

 this queen of the world. Superscriptions at 

 every step mark the places reserved for the 

 various sciences here botany, farther on mathe- 

 matics, farther still chemistry. Everywhere we 

 find the sciences, but nowhere Science. Each 

 separate branch leads its own life and has no 

 relations with its neighbours, unless it lays claim 

 to some of their accommodation or funds. 



There is little intercourse between the various 



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