18 THE ADVANCE OF SCIENCE 



time, this new Nature begotten by science 

 upon fact, has pressed itself daily and 

 hourly upon our attention, and has 

 worked miracles which have modified the 

 whole fashion of our lives. 

 These What wonder, theu, if these astonish- 



rpsults 



often too ing fruits of the tree of knowledge are too 

 gardedT 0I " tei1 regarded by both friends and ene- 

 mies as the be-all and end-all of science % 

 What wonder if some eulogise, and others 

 revile, the new philosophy for its utilita- 

 rian ends and its merely material tri- 

 umphs % 

 forscien- In truth, the new philosophy deserves 

 search" neither the praise of its eulogists, nor the 

 blame of its slanderers. As I have point- 

 ed out, its disciples were guided by no 

 search after practical fruits, during the 

 great period of its growth, and it reached 

 adolescence without being stimulated by 

 any rewards of that nature. The bare 

 enumeration of the names of the men who 

 were the great lights of science in the lat- 



