308 STUDIES IN INSECT LIFE, ETC. 

 quarry for all interested in the history of chemical 

 and physical studies. To the play-writer of the 

 time, the man of science or of pseudo-science 

 was a vague, peevish pedant, much occupied 

 with physiognomies, dreams and fantastic ideas 

 as to the properties and powers of various sub- 

 stances. But there seems to have been a clear 

 distinction drawn between a real and a false 

 astrology, as is shown in Dryden's "An Evening's 

 Love 1 ' (1668). 



The above is but an all too brief record of the 

 founding of modern science by our ancestors 

 under the Stewarts. Not until our own times 

 did we see a parallel awakening in the Scientific 

 Spirit. 



May I in conclusion say again in the sonorous 

 prose of Queen Elizabeth's age, there is now as 

 then " a new unexplored Kingdom of Know- 

 ledge within the reach and grasp of man, if 

 he will be humble enough, and patient enough, 

 and truthful enough to occupy it." 



