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Non verebor nominare singulos, quo facilius, propositis exemplis,
appareat, quibus gradibus fracta sit et deminuta eloquentia.
—Dial. de Orat.
αινεων αινητα, μομφαν δι' επισπειρων αλιτροις.
—Pindar
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It is time for some one to speak out. Whenwe compare the condition and prospects ofScience in all its branches, its organization, itsstandards, its aims, its representatives with thoseof Literature, how deplorable and how humiliatingis the contrast! In the one we see anordered realm, in the other mere chaos. Theone, serious, strenuous, progressive, is displayingan energy as wonderful in what it has accomplishedas in what it promises to accomplish;the other, without soul, without conscience, withoutnerve, aimless, listless and decadent, appearsto be stagnating, almost entirely, into the monopolyof those who are bent on futilizing and degradingit.
Science stands where it does, not simply byvirtue of the genius, the industry, the exampleof its most distinguished representatives, but becauseby those representatives the whole sphereof its activity is being directed and controlled.The care of the Universities, the care of learnedsocieties, the care of devoted enthusiasts, its interestsand honour are watchfully and jealously[4]guarded. The qualifications of its teachers areguaranteed by tests prescribed by the highestauthorities on the subjects professed. To standardsfixed and maintained by those authoritiesis referred every serious contribution to itsliterature. Even a popular lecturer, or a popularwriter, who undertook to be its exponent wouldbe exploded at once if he displayed ignoranceand incomp