" The execution of such a project as this is greatly facilitated by the Lecturer's 

 happy prerogatives. The mere limits of time to which he is bound, preclude, iu 

 any case, his attempting the exhaustive treatment of his themes. At the lec- 

 ture-table he is only expected to display a few salient facts, in a striking and 

 attractive form, and to deduce therefrom a few guiding principles, so as to assist 

 his auditors in acquiring for themselves the details of the science. Any attempt 

 on the lecturer's part to make his brief discourses encyclopaedic, must, of neces- 

 sity, fail ; nay, lectures are probably by so much the better fitted for their pur- 

 pose, by how much they are freer from unnecessary detail, and more thoroughly 

 emancipated from the trammels of systematic routine." Hofmann's Introduction 

 to Modern Chemistry. 



"Scientific method is no peculiar mystery, requiring a peculiar initiation. It 

 is simply common sense combined with uncommon courage, which- includes 

 common honesty and common patience ; and if you will be brave, honest, patient, 

 and rational, you will need no mystagogues to tell you what in science to believe 

 and what not to believe ; for you will be just as good judges of scientific facts 

 and theories as those who assume the right of guiding your convictions." Rev. 

 C. Kingsley in 'Fraser's Magazine' for July 1866. 



