The Great Usurpation 



every act of man to the inevitable results of 

 fore-ordained causes; we are all in the toils 

 of a blind invincible law ; we are cogs in an 

 infinite machine over which we have no con- 

 trol ; good and bad conduct are the results 

 of equally irresistible impellents, and praise 

 and blame are empty words. This is the 

 world into which Science seeks to force us, 

 and a dreary world it is. 



The dominant object of a truly noble 

 education is to make man magnanimous, and 

 brave, and loyal, and truthful, and unselfish 

 and merciful, and in all things to look up in- 

 stead of down. 



And what has Science to tell us about 

 these things? Nothing. 



And what are the qualifications of the men 

 of Science to dethrone the study of literature, 

 poetry, history and philosophy as the proper 

 fields of education for mankind, and to erect 

 Science in their place ? 

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