r Fhe Idolatry of Science 



associated with gravitation, electricity, mag- 

 netism, light, heat, statics, physics, dynamics 

 and the like in the inorganic world ; and with 

 the laws and hypotheses connected with or- 

 ganic matter in so far as they can be proved 

 to be immutable. 



And by u A man of Science" I mean one 

 whose interest is centred in a study of these 

 fields of knowledge, who devotes his energies 

 to ascertaining proved phenomena and per- 

 haps in formulating hypotheses upon them. 

 Such a man for example as Darwin, or 

 Newton, or Lord Merchison the inventor of 

 logarithms. 



I therefore use the word Science to import 

 something entirely distinct from, and opposite 

 to, poetry, letters, oratory, history and phil- 

 osophy ; something that has no relation to, or 

 connexion with, the emotions, or with the 

 character of man; something wholly uncon- 

 nected with conduct ; something with which 

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