The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-07-05

The charge that science males It's devosees
.tonsical a. Nat answered By The fact thas1t
is sEens5csi itself. ,Thas 10, Hit may be salo
10 uusettle faith, Il Is repaid for 1t by nssIog
Al, the time to abandon or modify us own ,'
facts 4 1 u. IL singular Indeed that pu,su.'
should after q time eaii off Its dogs anu ue.
declare the hunt no, as II the Hogdom OF
ennas ,adye were wholly subjected aud there
core no unknown RESINS to conquer. ine
u,e,k no;Yt OF science Is that n~ rs atfa'o
NJ seeming credsssous, and 50 swings
W Tho other extreme. OF all beyond
~. i;n;,s OF iis conauests 1t IS unwilling to
so cohy,p ced; at least, its too ready ;sneers
al new ,tiscovertes wouid 50 imply. Ipstesu
of constantly exciting to liberalism OF Thought
and enthusiasm ofseareb, 1t tends 70 SeoOR1e
4 hsle.boapds Pyrrhonism. a Han itke
g;chard Proctor will appear and break down
these teoneeited restTictfoas, but be 70 not
regularly adopted into the Faculty eHHl ne
sas sho wn that be has no need Of Assist.
suce. Few discoveries OF. inventeHs s1s
brought forward to pubic notice that do
NOT bsye to raa che gauntlet ~ the
thwssks and bufetiDgs Of the geaseus
seientists, Ia shesr ease, as Ia that Of GDes'
other naeu, .possessiea tarnes down Tree
dom to conservatism, and the 5eS OF pur.
sa.t IA submlssivay exchanged for seash'
| ness of acquisition, whereas discovery
sboald be regarded ~ stimulus to 90 On as
| long as anYthapg reraias TO be kuo3n 10
| yeators fare particularly hard at the hsnds
| of tpcreduious and questioning science
Essakiin's discovery of the property 81 eiec
| sxseitysswith 90 simple an "fDstruEeas as u
kite.; was not more dixegarded by a'en o
| science. then few and far between, tbaa va
the ingeneien Of Professor Morse, WAC
| worked GA without their appfOVat, It no
without their sympathy. AL trianaRhs III
th;s Geld seem to be carefully protected oa
4 The riud of doubt, nade the bitterer By thes
who persenify 1t. Location
Whea FuitoK launched bis eKperiNen'
NTH steam the riSer-banks we're lined Will
peon3e prepared to ridicule its expected hh
4 rre. and the patrcu Livingston who hackeS
him with bis money was Thought to be De
, raeY1ted and deserving Of guardian. y
when Il was proposed to propel vessel t'
the rover OF steam across tie Aaanse
scien.ist Of the standing Of Dr. LardDer ae
r;aed the scheme openly, and declared tina
no vessel could carry coal enough 10 keel
the steam up during 50 long voyage. Su
the experiment at once became successful
in spite Of the prediction and the sneer
Bessemer is the butt Of no END OF Joke
for his auti-riansea channel steamer, bu
IL Ia probable that he has got holt
of the idea that is to work itself out iatt
practical success. Ericsson took bis share Q
the same kind OF treatment, yet the catori'
engine ~ no such nonsense as be was aoan
, dainty assured it was while engaged in 1T
perfection. The Heeley motor IS the iates
, object. whether discovery, or discovery an0
Invention combined, of scientifi: Incredibly
and distayor; but it Is allowed time to prove
, itself. the jeers of unbelief will have been al
needless exerti0u. Ii the new power, which
IL Ia asserted is to revolutionize the world by
its cbeapuess, has been able to demonstrate
itself to practical men so satisfactorily that
they are putting millions Of money IN 1t,
that would seem to be p,'tma facie evidence
that it is something more than the dream
OF a cracked fancy, no matter what may
be thought of its relation to the laws OF
physics on which q few persons are SUD-
denly become sensitive. When the origina.
tor and discoverer of this power draws with
It, as he declares he will, train of cars
from Philadelphia to New York, be ought
70 have satisfied even the scientists, and all
who dabble la science for the sake Of pro-
tecting its reputation, that the "laws OF
pbysics" are on his side, and have lett bis
critics behind. He can thea say to them, as
the French judge said to an ingenious adVo.
cate, that if his facts did not prove certain
predetermined theory, so much the worse for
the facts. Perhaps it is well that science
should at stated Intervals turn her yotaries
out of doors, for it always results in an en-.
largement of her way of living.