New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-05-09
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR TIE AD-
PARCHMENT OF SCIENCE.
.Sxr,L.pprrs. or Professor PIERCE,

ANNUAL ADDRESS on PROFESSOR PIERCE
Before the American the Advancement OF sHe-
April n
NJ. Pres den ard Gc,tlemeH cfhe Amer'enA is0t'oo"
f,g ne Advancement Of Science
In meet offices the duties terminate with the Office and
the thing Of the pact the exoccr il To tie present an I'M
known quantity But il is not with your President
Science with liz time annhilang power, which gives Life
TO the fossil which hunies the embryo future into rena-
ture birth which beyond the grave even to the
foot of the invisible throne. steny draGs forward It's
reuctau, Presidents 10 their hardest thai when they ha
ceased to be judgment after death -oNerer iaG .ai
of Rhadaman,hus. Til. calling out Of the actor upon the
stage after the night of performance, when the blood l. no
longer warm j. all the worse to him. Who has never before
made set speech all whose habits Of thought sre I'M
known 10 thetc display and the Arctic latitude OF whose
firid studies ere mpenerGhle 10 the God II E!oquence
and the Muse, who vibrae the .ver-cned chorus OF
human sympathy. Geometry. 20 which have devoted
my life honored With the title of the hey Of me sciences
but II il the key Of open door Whica refuses 10 DC
shut md through which the whole word i crO"ulhS 10
make free with unrestfaned license OF t3 pre- Gus ea'-
mr. within thcuchtess both lock end key OF the door
,.elf and even Of Science 10 which owes such bound
les Professions. tbs New World included
Tie door j. vide open aud all may ener nut All 90 not
oncr with equal ihoughtlesrcs. There arc fe" VINO
wonder a. ey appro ach at the exhau-es wealth a. me
sacred shepherd wondered az the burning ousl OF o.so
which was burning and never consumed osst
their shoes eli from their feet and the world TOn-.hoi
doubts from their UNDERSTANDING, these chdreh OF me
faithful take their first step upon the holy ground win 70
ycrertioI awe and advance alnst with tindity fearful
a. lie -is Of Deity burst upon them let they should De
brought face 20 face with the Almighty Ihey are Tie
sCahe after truth and DO not pass the door or The key
without careful scrutiny. 81, ..
The kew II j. Of wonderful construction, Win IL N
fpiv of combinations, and n unlimited capacS !" ~
every lock however varied n form or sLe Il closes NE
massive arches which guard the vaults where me ecAl
ant. suupv the warehouses OF commerce. and os ue
minute "a hinei where the queen OF the a!e pfOtc AeE
microscopic levels il i the reat master Key when m
lock- every door Of knowledge and without zen 70 az
covery no discovery which ], law and nos isolated iic
has been o. ever can be made.
But ascend with above tic du,i ard The cloud % ina
realms OF the higher geometry, Were tie heavens ar.
never obs,Ured; where there 10 impure NaioI 1nl ~
GeluNe or imperfect obserS alton, where re new la-
are already arisen while hey Yet duly cawuin- upon
the earth below where tie earth lrtle planet Wnere
th sun has dndled % q STAR where al the lo-
IN The mi ky-vay % which h-y belong; where the milk
way j. seen floating through space Ike any Other ne5ua
and the whole rrca; gire of Ae nebu has dn he'd y
an atom and las become readily and completely >uo
my, 20 the pen OF The geoc;er ana The slave 81 nis Tor
mUla a. he single drop that falls from tie ell iinc
with oil the forces OF The material world Try with me IL
pr,tiou II The measure wih which Tie universe "a peel
ireied outs observe bow exactly al the per ae allied Z
lie whole and 70 each other. and then declare who wa
present IN The council chamber when the Lord lad tA
! foundations Of the earth.
B,u with the heavens Themselves, see bow lre,lsei
The u.tors If the frmamelf have endured through ID
'on OF ihe axes observe the eXactne-s q the reyod
ou of The stars. Ii thee mighty orb cano. rei-t ~
law what can he do Let thon i-e REQUIRES 81 as
10 au,.cd in the scrutiny D. neither nle nor ao 2
a.. none, b. .par,d. s- le.c-. 90 lio IN j. l' -
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