I do not say that men were unwise to throw themselves body and soul into the Revolution; I only say they would have been unwise to condemn the researches of mathematicians. Let all who have a longing to study Nature in any of her manifold aspects, do so without regard to the sneers or objections of men whose tastes and faculties are directed elsewhere. From the illumination of many minds on many points, Truth must finally emerge. Man is, in Bacon’s noble phrase, the minister and interpreter of Nature; let him be careful lest he suffer this ministry to sink into a priesthood, and this interpretation to degenerate into an immovable dogma. The suggestions of apathy, and the prejudices of ignorance, have at all times inspired the wish to close the temple against new comers. Let us be vigilant against such suggestions, and keep the door of the temple ever open. FOOTNOTES: [21] The needful term Biology (from _Bios_, life, and _logos_, discourse) is now becoming generally adopted in England, as in Germany. It embraces all the separate sciences of Botany, Zoology, Comparative Anatomy, and Physiology. [22] See EHRENBERG: _Microgeologie: das Erden und Felsen schaffende Wirken des unsichtbar kleinen selbstständigen Lebens auf der Erde_. 1854. [23] CHARLES ROBIN: _Histoire Naturelle des Végétaux Parasites qui croissent sur l’Homme et sur les Animaux Vivants_. 1853. [24] From _cilium_, a hair. [25] _Quain’s Anatomy._ By SHARPEY AND ELLIS. Sixth edition. I., p. lxxiii. See also SHARPEY’S article, _Cilia_, in the _Cyclopædia of Anatomy and Physiology_. [26] GOETHE: _Zur Morphologie_, 1807. VON BAER: _Zur Entwickelungsgeschichte_, 1828. Part I., p. 158. [27] SWAMMERDAMM. _Bibel der Natur_, pp. 75-77. [28] By VON SIEBOLD. See his interesting work, _Ueber die Band-und-Blasenwürmer_. It has been translated by HUXLEY, and appended to the translation of KUECHENMEISTER _on Parasites_, published by the Sydenham Society. [29] _Seaside Studies_, pp. 308, _sq._ [30] VON SIEBOLD: _Ueber Band-und-Blasenwürmer_. Translated by HUXLEY. Father Prout’s Inaugurative Ode TO THE AUTHOR OF “VANITY FAIR.” I. Ours is a faster, quicker age: Yet erst at GOLDSMITH’S homely Wakefield Vicarage, While Lady BLARNEY from the West End glozes Mid the PRIMROSES, Fudge! cries Squire THORNHILL, Much to the wonder of young greenhorn MOSES. Such word of scorn ill Matches the “Wisdom Fair” thy whim proposes To hold on CORNHILL. II. With Fudge, or Blarney, or the “Thames on Fire!” Treat not thy buyer; But proffer good material-- A genuine Cereal, Value for twelvepence, and not dear at twenty. Such wit replenishes thy Horn of Plenty! III.