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encouragement of astronomy, " but to spend it on 

 science, that is pleasant to me. This object costs no 

 tears ; it is an honour to humanity." 



The achievements of science represent increase of 

 knowledge not alone for the man who makes it, not 

 alone also for the nation or country to which he belongs, 

 but for the whole human race. Power and glory gained 

 by victory in war carry with them the humiliation 

 and exploitation of the vanquished ; and on both sides 

 human life is sacrificed to causes which are often 

 far from righteous. The conquests of science do not 

 mean the aggrandisement of one country or people at 

 the expense of another, but gifts to all who will receive 

 them. The only domain which it is desired to penetrate 

 is that of ignorance ; and the fight is against the physical 

 and mental death which is its heritage. For light 

 instead of darkness, for truth in the place of error, for 

 the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, the 

 warriors of science carry on their continuous campaign. 

 Probably no granite block will record their actions or 

 marble monument declare the renown of their leaders, 

 but neither will their spirits be disturbed by the moans 

 of the widow and fatherless which must ever be associated 

 with the victories of military commanders. 



When a new city appeared on Asgard's Hill the abode 

 of the gods of the northern Sagas after the destruction 

 and renewal of the world, a new race of men came to it 

 from Memory's Forest ; and Loki, the disturber of law 

 and order, as well as Fenrir the destroyer, had no place 

 in it. The new race was typical of the scientific spirit 

 which lives for ever, and of those who labour for new 

 knowledge. 



They are the salt of the earth, which keeps the world of man 

 from decaying back into barbarism. They are the children of 



