SCIENCE AND CULTURE. 9 



ago, the contest became complicated by 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 private, who has 

 seen a good deal of service in the ranks, respecting the 

 present position of affairs and the conditions of a per- 

 manent peace, 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 introduce 

 physical science into ordinary education was timidly whis- 

 pered, until now, the advocates of scientific education 

 have met with opposition of two kinds. On the one 

 hand, they have been pooh-poohed by the men of busi- 

 ness who pride themselves on being the representatives 

 of practicality ; while, on the other hand, they have been 

 excommunicated by the classical scholars, in their ca- 

 pacity 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 



cation 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. 



