Science, Vol. 11

Excerpt from Science, Vol. 11: A Weekly Journal Devoted to the Advancement of Science; January-June, 1900 In a Similar way Scientific research as an essential to material progress has developed its own sentiment, the scientific sentiment, or the sentiment of acquiring knowledge for its own Sake, and this is the motive of pure Science. AS honesty, altruism and patriotism are sometimes carried to absurd limits, SO as even to Oppose the ends they normally tend to promote, so the scientific sentiment is liable to perversion and there are not wanting scientists so devoted to the acquisition of knowledge that they are im patient Of its application,-and look with dis dain on other scientists who strive to dis cover its uses. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.