I.] SCIENCE AND CULTURE. 3 



the appearance of a third army, ranged round the 

 banner of Physical Science. 



I am not aware that any one has authority to 

 speak in the name of this new host. For it must be 

 admitted to be somewhat of a guerilla force, composed 

 largely of irregulars, each of whom fights pretty much 

 for his own hand. But the impressions of a full pri- 

 vate, who has seen a good deal of service in the ranks, 

 respecting the present position of affairs and the con- 

 ditions of a permanent peaee, may not be devoid of 

 interest ; and I do not know that I could make a 

 better use of the present opportunity than by laying 

 them before you. 



From the time that the first suggestion to intro- 

 duce physical science into ordinary education was 

 timidly whispered, until now, the advocates of scien- 

 tific education have met with opposition of two kinds. 

 On the one hand, they have been pooh-poohed by the 

 men of business who pride themselves on being the 

 representatives of practicality ; while, on the other 

 hand, they have been excommunicated by the classical 

 scholars, in their capacity of Levites in charge of the 

 ark of culture and monopolists of liberal education. 



The practical men believed that the idol whom 

 they worship rule of thumb has been the source of 

 the past prosperity, and will suffice for the future 

 welfare of the arts and manufactures. They were of 



education by George Combe and others commenced a good deal 

 earlier ; but the movement had acquired hardly any practical force 

 before the time to which I refer. 



