The Idolatry of Science 



directions ; and although all these very large 

 material facts are not of so much real moment 

 to mankind as one movement of charity, one 

 noble aspiration, or one act of self-sacrificing 

 valour, yet this proper subjection of Science 

 to an inferior position is not readily observed 

 by thoughtless and superficial people. 



The melancholy result upon a man's mind 

 and heart of an uninterrupted pursuit of 

 Science finds a perfect example in the terrible 

 confession made by Darwin, who wrote : 



" Up to the age of thirty, or beyond it, 

 poetry of many kinds, such as the works 

 of Milton, Byron, Wordsworth, Coleridge 

 and Shelley, gave me great delight, and 

 even as a schoolboy I took intense delight 

 in Shakespeare. I have also said that 

 formerly pictures gave me considerable, 

 and music very great, delight. But now, 

 for many years, I cannot enjoy a line of 



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