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paralleled by mysteries as bewildering in the world of 
matter.” 
The reflexion, however, naturally suggests itself that the 
author, as well as Mr. J. J. Woodward and Mr. Elliott Coues, 
and, on the other hand, their opponents, may be regarded as 
travelling beyond the legitimate boundaries of Science, and 
raising issues with which the human intellect is unable to 
grapple. 
The Utility and Morality of Vivisection. By G. Gore, LL.D., 
F.R.S. London : Kolckmann. 
This valuable pamphlet is, as we learn from the title-page, 
“ issued by the Association for the Advancement of Medicine by 
Research.” It need scarcely be said that we are gratified at any 
manifestation of life and activity in a body of which so very 
little is to be heard. 
The author begins by defining the term “ Vivise<5tion ” as used 
in his title. It is to include “ those experiments to which Besti- 
arians object, viz., all kinds of painful ones on animals.” One 
misfortune is that they consider, or at least call, all experiments 
upon animals “ painful.” 
With an amount of patience and self-control which is truly 
admirable, Mr. Gore wades through the cavils, the quibbles, the 
illogicalities of the Bestiarians, — matter of such a nature that 
we can scarcely understand how it can be believed, much less 
uttered, by men and women in their sound senses, — and exposes 
its fallacious nature. He shows that hatred of Science alto- 
gether is to a large extent a ruling principle with these fanatics. 
He reminds his readers that at one time it was a violation of 
“ public sentiment ” to watch the motions of the heavenly bodies. 
He shows that if the results obtained by the physiologist are 
sometimes doubtful, such is the case also even in the simpler 
and easier sciences, in physics, in chemistry, and in astronomy 
itself. Yet such uncertainty is held to be a reason not for dis- 
continuing experiments and observations, but for multiplying 
them under varied conditions. The uncertainty of results in 
physiology is merely somewhat greater in degree than in the 
other sciences. 
The Bestiarians, it appears, complain of the existence of true 
physiologists who work simply for the love of truth, without any 
thought of the “ good of mankind.” This, Mr. Gore shows, is 
merely a case of the division of labour. One man discovers, 
another applies. Why should such a division be objected to ? 
The fanatics further assert that “ we have splendid and rapidly 
