Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  ) 
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Congress  of  Arts  and  Science. 
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THE    INTERNATIONAL     CONGRESS    OF    ARTS  AND 
SCIENCE. 
The  programme  has  now  been  issued  of  the  congress  to  be  held 
as  part  of  the  Louisiana  Purchase  Exposition  from  September  19th 
to  25th  of  the  present  year.  The  purpose  and  plan  of  the  congress 
are  thus  described  : 
The  idea  of  the  congress  grows  out  of  the  thought  that  the  sub- 
division and  multiplication  of  specialties  in  science  has  reached  a 
stage  at  which  investigators  and  scholars  may  derive  both  inspira- 
tion and  profit  from  a  general  survey  of  the  various  fields  of  learn- 
ing, planned  with  a  view  of  bringing  the  scattered  sciences  into 
closer  mutual  relations.  The  central  purpose  is  the  unification  of 
knowledge,  an  effort  toward  which  seems  appropriate  on  an  occa- 
sion when  the  nations  bring  together  an  exhibit  of  their  arts  and  in- 
dustries. An  assemblage  is,  therefore,  to  be  convened,  at  which 
leading  representatives  of  theoretical  and  applied  sciences  shall  set 
forth  those  general  principles  and  fundamental  conceptions  which 
connect  groups  of  sciences,  review  the  historical  development  of  spe- 
cial sciences,  show  their  mutual  relations  and  discuss  their  present 
problems. 
The  speakers  to  treat  the  various  themes  are  selected  in  advance 
from  the  European  and  American  continents.  The  discussions  will 
be  arranged  on  the  following  general  plan  : 
After  the  opening  of  the  congress  on  Monday  afternoon,  Septem- 
ber 19th,  will  follow,  on  Tuesday  forenoon,  addresses  on  main  divi- 
sions of  science  and  its  applications,  the  general  theme  being  the 
unification  of  each  of  the  fields  treated.  These  will  be  followed  by 
two  addresses  on  each  of  the  twenty-four  great  departments  of 
knowledge.  The  theme  of  one  address  in  each  case  will  be  the  fun- 
damental conceptions  and  methods,  while  the  other  will  set  forth  the 
progress  during  the  last  century.  The  preceding  addresses  will  be 
delivered  by  Americans,  making  the  work  of  the  first  two  days  the 
contribution  of  American  scholars. 
On  the  third  day,  with  the  opening  of  the  sections,  the  interna- 
tional work  will  begin.  About  128  sectional  meetings  will  be  held 
on  the  four  remaining  days  of  the  congress,  at  each  of  which  two 
papers  will  be  read,  the  theme  of  one  being  suggested  by  the  rela- 
tions of  the  special  branch  treated  to  other  branches ;  the  other  by 
its  present  problems.    Three  hours  will  be  devoted  to  each  sectional 
