to accept it from these sources' " (G. GORE). "Science follows you everywhere; breathe, there is chemistry; walk, there is mechanics; at every moment, without thinking, we cannot help having to do with her. Whether we wish it or not, it is necessary to accept science as a companion; if you are ignorant, you are her slave; if you are skilled, she obeys you. The future belongs to science unfortunate are the people who shut their eyes to the truth" (JEAN BAPTISTE DUMAS). "Thousands die annually in this country alone of preventable diseases, such as scarlatina, tubercle, scrofula, typhoid fever, &c., whose lives might probably be saved by means of new knowledge " (G. GORE).

The aim in training the young should be the putting things into their heads that make them desirous of knowing more, and ambitious to excel in something. The object should be to help nature to develop the man, and not a machine. We are giving our people power; let us see that they understand how to use it, or it will be like putting a loaded gun into the hands of a monkey. I am in favour of co-operation, because it develops the man; it goes on the very opposite principle to that of making the workman a mere machine, trusting not to himself, but to the Government. Co-operation is utterly opposed to revolution. The former wants to improve and reform; the latter to overthrow, but not improve. The tendency of co-operation is to diminish pauperism, and bring about a more equitable diffusion of the necessaries and luxuries of life. I do not say, with Mr. George, that my panacea is the "only remedy" for all the ills in our complicated social state, but it does appear to me more likely to prove a much more powerful agent in bestowing real benefits