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evakiveOmypUdticelis alwaysho! Stay ont! 
Buélespeciall is this: ko if! they—propoxs '¢0 
study: Cheriiistry’ ad al (protéssion' hevause’ St 
Wat easy road 6d wealth: “ashe paths 
OFCheNiistry scldowi Mead 46! “easy street? 
Pirie “ib IO you“ Parely “see the’ Cheniist 
besbinsbraad.' Perhaps he kiiows' too well 
of what itis composed. ‘THe chemist tramyp 
tOOLiS A KAMA OF A Tera WS Ht TPIS “CHyno 
Stniltind nigra’ Phe eWenist may’ be aisle 
t6 clean ge phosphioras ifto ‘arsenie by! oxie 
dizing it'in présence of animonia,: ‘put even. 
6) ‘distinguished’ ‘a tian as Carey Lea Could 
only make! silver yellow) and further than 
this scientific trang utations Have not’ ext 
tended! “Fortineés | Rave! ‘been nade by ai 
few: “A Vappy discovery’ in métallargy’ or 
in’© > mantifactariig” processes | haS" often! 
brought a modest fortune to ‘the! inventor; 
but niost "of the réads“leadine from ‘the 
Patent Offide' end in'the' Cemetery of hopes 
at first vigorous: from’ the pliant: pabulam 
labeled * 2 Having" now described! my ‘inven- 
tion What I elaine fig? ete., « substantially 
asset forth.” ° The® parchtients’ with: the 
flaming’ seals that! protect you: in’the’ sole 
usufruct of your genius fora period of 17 
years serve most fr equently as fitting cered 
ments for the deceased: ° If the chemist be 
a'teacher or employed at a salary the pros= 
pect’ for‘a ‘competence’ is ‘not’ much better. 
At Vest’ these stipends are not ver y lar, ge. 
Th & mania facturing enterprise) thie Chemist 
often becomes the manager, and in‘this'easé 
hé ean ‘put’ by something for * a rainy day.’ 
Ifa professor, hé sometimes Sets to be ‘the 
président of the éollegé, provided his the- 
dlogy is’ untainted."But Universities’ of 
Chicago are not found’ in every academic 
grove. Most of our institutes ‘of higher 
learning ‘are ‘chronically impecunious, and 
even the professional’ chair is not uphol2 
stered with a cushion which would tempt 
the expectant, Croesus. 
In general, then, it. must be admitted that 
whatever of dignity is;due-the profession of 
SCIENCE. 
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cheinistry is Hot attributable te its'tendewey 
téolwealth! s209¢ cidi ol .sebslwood asmurd 
teJiam not lof that SchooP which despises 
wealth nloroy et ofthe: Galt’ that To ves itl 
Poverty; doubtless! als 16 uses ThSvOlltiow. 
and! molding’ of "character. “Wealth oftar 
éorriipts® youth and makes of Gnanhood 
buat a/purveyor of ‘Vicelo But°poverty-also 
inviteserimie) and“ is not thé most effieient 
préservatiiveof° virtiéoo°A modest! /é6m5 
petendey “possiblyy ithe ideal ‘state, WEest 
stited to highest development and eréatect 
uséfulness: It is not always dignified to be 
imodebt!o Por this réason) I'should ‘like té 
see the influence of this great ‘organization 
whose “foundation we celebrate to: night, 
exerted to séoure! better pay and mere pért 
matent employment? for its” members. | ST 
know this seems sordid and meéreenary, but 
we! must? not Jalways*live* in othe’ élouds! 
The *cerulean: atmosphere will” be anore 
gtatefully stimulating and “its views “be 
more thoroughly appreciated if we manage 
somehow'to keep ‘our feet well braced’ on 
terra firma. To him who! cannot? swith) 
things begin to: feel a little queer when the 
advancing tide leaves him ‘touching only 
little flowing'sand with the tips of his toes: 
Good/cand steady pay, therefore to’ its 
devoteés! isino sntall-contribution to ‘the 
dignity of chemistry): I Od td 
b The pursuit: of science: is nothing ielsé 
than van veffort toxknow) something of the 
constitution ‘ofthe ‘natural: world.’ That 
knowledge >is) mot < derived’ from ‘an’ ins 
genious: system of vain! imaginings; but is 
secured by a study of nature herself. >: 
“(To him who in the love of nature! holds 
eommunion) with ‘her visible” forms ‘she 
speaks a various! language,’ sang one of-our 
greati poets at the age of 17>: Had he lived 
until he was, 100 and sgrown invwisdom 
every year he could not have’ touched a 
truer note. The language which ‘nature 
Speaks to the chemist: is: aodeseription of 
the ultimate nature of things! olf isto the 
