280 LIFE OF PROFESSOR HUXLEY CHAP. XI 



This introduces a discourse on the identity of the 

 methods of science and of the judgments of common 

 life, a fact which, twenty-six years before, he had 

 briefly stated in the words, " Science is nothing but 

 trained and organised common sense" (Coll. Ess. 

 in. 45). 



The other is "Science and Culture" (Coll. Ess. iii. 

 134), which was delivered on October 1, as the 

 opening address of the Josiah Mason College at 

 Birmingham, and gave its name to a volume of 

 essays published in the following year. Here was a 

 great school founded by a successful manufacturer, 

 which was designed to give an education at once 

 practical and liberal, such as the experience of its 

 founder approved, to young men who meant to 

 embark upon practical life. A "mere" literary 

 training i.e. in the classical languages was ex- 

 cluded, but not so the study of English literature 

 and modern languages. The greatest stress was laid 

 on training in the scientific theory and practice on 

 which depend the future of the great manufactures 

 of the north. 



The question dealt with in this address is whether 

 such an education can give the culture demanded 

 of an educated man to-day. The answer is emphatic- 

 ally Yes. English literature is a field of culture 

 second to none, and for solely literary purposes, 

 a thorough knowledge of it, backed by some other 

 modern language, will amply suffice. Combined 

 with this, a knowledge of modern science, its 



