308 PHYSICAL SCIENCE BK. vn 



long wearing of the mask, the transition to the 

 4 brothel is easy and natural. Philosophy gets 

 never a thought. And so it comes to pass that, 

 far from advance being made toward the dis- 

 covery of what the older generations left insuffi- 

 ciently investigated, many of their discoveries are 

 being lost. But yet, on my soul of honour, if we 

 urged on this task with all our powers, if our youth 

 in sobriety braced themselves to it, if the elder 

 taught it and the younger learned it, even then 

 scarce should we reach the bottom of the well in 

 which truth lies. As it is, we search for her on 

 the surface, and with a slack hand. 



