A HISTORY OF SCIENCE 



if its salutary lessons are but slowly accepted by the 

 people, they cannot be altogether without effect. At 

 least the museum proves that there are leaders in 

 science here who have got beyond the range of eigh- 

 teenth-century thought in matters of practical living, 

 and the sign is hopeful for the future, though its prom- 

 ise will perhaps not be fulfilled in our generation. 



