Excerpt from Miscellaneous Notes and Queries, 1896, Vol. 14: A Monthly Magazine of History, Folk-Lore, Mathematics, Mystics, Art, Science, Etc Science has penetrated the constitution of nature, and unrolled the mysterious pages of its history, and started again many, as yet, unanswered questions in respect to the mutual relations of matter and spirit, of nature and of God. - Noak Porter. Science is teaching man to know and reverence truth, and to be lieve that only as far as he knows and loves it, he lives worthily on earth, and vindicates the dignity of his spirit. - Mo.m Harvey. 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.