OF SCIENCE 



CHAPTER I. 



ANCIENT SCIENCE. 



IF Science meant simply knowledge, its history would begin where 

 that of the human race begins. For only by his capacity for ac- 

 quiring knowledge could man ever have maintained his existence on 

 the face of the earth. He is by nature unprovided with those means 

 of attack and defence which other creatures possess ; he is even un- 

 protected from the vicissitudes of the seasons by the furry coat which 

 covers the beasts of the field. But man soon learnt to fashion for him- 



