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104. Barmecide feast. An allusion to the story in the Arabian 

 Nights, in which a noble named Barmecide placed a succession of 

 empty dishes before a beggar, pretending that they contained a 

 sumptuous repast. 



105. thaumaturgy. Wonder-working; magic. 



106. aquosity. Wateriness. 



107. modus operandi. Plan or mode of working. 



Martinus Scriblerus. The principal character in a satire of that 

 name. Largely written by John Arbuthnot (English), and pub- 

 lished in 1 741. 



meat-jack. An implement used to roast meat before an open 

 fire. 



108. Jacob's ladder. In Jacob's vision, a ladder extended from 

 earth to heaven. 



foraminifer. See text, p. 85. 



109. extrication is possible. Here has been omitted a contro- 

 versial passage that has no bearing on the subject. 



no. Archaeus. In the philosophy of Paracelsus and other 

 Mystics, a spirit,, the counterpart of the physical body, within 

 which it resides, and to which it imparts life and strength. 



111. David Hume, 1711-1776. A famous Scotch philosopher and 

 writer. 



Pan. In ancient Greek mythology, the god of pastures, forests,, 

 and flocks. He was fond of music and dancing, and was repre- 

 sented as being part man and part goat. 



anathematise. Curse, denounce. 



112. irrefragable. Incapable of being broken down or disproved, 

 metaphysics. The science which concerns itself with things of 



the spirit, as opposed to physics, which deals with matter. 



113. sophistry. Reasoning sound in appearance only; trickery; 

 craft. 



entities. Things; substances. 



SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION 



This address and the two that follow deal with the value of the 

 natural sciences as an essential part of education. Huxby's pleas 

 did much to win the case, and to secure for the sciences the place 

 which they now hold in our schools and colleges. He had, however, 

 able opponents, and the student may turn to Matthew Arnold's 

 "Literature and Science," Discourses in America, for a notable 

 plea in behalf of the humanities in education. Huxley in an address 

 at Birmingham, October i, 1880 (published in his Science and 

 Culture and other Essays) attacked Arnold's insistence on the study 



