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tenure of liis existence : and without trutMulness, 

 science would be as impossible now as chivalry 

 would have been of old. 



And last, but not least, the perfect naturalist 

 should have in him the very essence of true chivalry, 

 namely, self-devotion ; the desire to advance, not 

 himself and his own fame or wealth, but knowledge 

 and mankind. He should have this great virtue ; 

 and in spite of many shortcomings (for what man is 

 there who liveth and sinneth not ?), naturalists as a 

 class have it to a degree which makes them stand 

 out most honourably in the midst of a self-seeking 

 and mammonite generation, inclined to value every- 

 thing by its money price, its private utility. The 

 spirit which gives freely, because it knows that it 

 has received freely ; which communicates knowledge 

 without hope of reward, without jealousy and 

 mean rivalry, to fellow-students and to the world ; 

 which is content to delve and toil comparatively 

 unknown, that from its obscure and seemingly 

 worthless results others may derive pleasure, and 

 even build up great fortunes, and change the very 



