34 INTRODUCTION TO SCIENCE 



who will habituate themselves in making sure of 

 the facts, in precision of statement, in getting 

 things clear, and hi realizing the complexity of 

 all situations. These qualities cannot be ac- 

 quired passively; the kingdom of science must be 

 taken by force. The scientific mood can only be 

 engendered by our being actively and energeti- 

 cally scientific. 



It matters little what problem is tackled, but it 

 should, at first, be one that admits of discipline 

 in some form of measurement or accurate registra- 

 tion. It is often well to follow our tendrils of 

 spontaneous interest towards some subject which 

 naturally attracts us; but it is also well that we 

 should undertake some difficult piece of work, 

 which stretches our brains. In some way those 

 who would develop the scientific mood must learn 

 to endure hardness intellectually, remembering 

 Darwin's recipe: "It's dogged that does it." 



SUMMARY. The scientific mood is especially 

 marked by a passion for facts, by cautiousness of 

 statement^ by clearness of vision, and by a sense of 

 the inter-relatedness of things. It is contrasted with 

 the emotional or artistic mood and with the practical 

 mood, but the three form a trinity (of knowing, feel- 

 ing and doing), which should be unified in every 

 normal life. 



