The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-06-07

'swathed their too-much power.~
down TO tho yesterday, few scoro
thousand years distant only. when the
history OF man became the overwhelm-
ing fact in the history OF life on this
planet and. studying, wo SEQ strange
anslogies in the phenomena OF HE
and death. OF birth. growth, and
change between those physical groups
OF animal life which we designate as
species. forms, races, and the highly
complex and composite entities which
rise before our minds when we speak
OF nations and civilizations.
II is this study which has given SCI
cnce its present day prominence In
the world OF intellect, doubtless tho
most marked features in the history
OF the past century have been the cx1
traordinary advances in scientific
knowledge and investigation and In
the position held by the men OF sci.
ence with reference to those en-
gagged iD other pursuits. (
am not now speaking of APP
piled selencc-of the science, for In
stance. which, having rcyolutIonlzcd
transportation on the earth and water
Is now on the brink of carrying it into
the air, OF the science that finds its
expression In such extraordinary
achievements as the telephone and
the telegraph; of the sciences which
have so accelerated the velocity OF
movement In social and industrial con-
dtions-for the changes in the me-
chanical appliances OF ordinary life
during The last three generations have
been greater than in all the preceding
generations since history dawned. 1
speak OF the science which has no
more direct bearing upon the affairs
of our every day life than literature
or music, painting or sculpture, poet
ry or history. a hundred years ago
the ordinary man of cultivation had
10 know something of these last sub
jects, but the probabilities were
rather against his having any but tho
most superficial scientific knowledge,
At present all this has changed.
thanks 10 the interest taken In scien-
ti0c discoveries. the large circulation
of scientific books, and the r0pidity
with which ideas originating among
students OF the most advanced and
abstruse sciences become. at least pnr
TALLY domiciled in the public mind
Another feature of the change, OF
the growth In the position OF science
In the eyes of every one, and of the
greatly increased respect naturally re-
sutiug for scientific methods. has
been a certain tendency among scien-
tillc students TO encroach on other
fields This is particularly true of the
field of historical study. Not only
have scientific men insisted upon the
necessity of considering the history of
man. esuecially In its early stages. in
connection with what biology shows
W ne Ine history OF lie. but. further
more, there has arisen demand that
history itself shall be treated as
science Both positions are in their
essence right but as regards each
position the more arrogant among the
invaders of the new realm of knowl-.
edge take an attitude TO which 1T is
not necessary 10 assent AS regards
the latter of the two positions, that
which would treat history henceforth
merely as one branch OF scientific
study, We must OF course agree that
accuracy in recording facts aad appre'
ciation of their relative worth and in
ter-relationship are just as necessary
In historical study as in any other
kind of study, The fact that book,
though interesting, is untrue, OF.
course removes IT at once from the
category OF history. however sluch it
may still deserve TO retain place In
the always desirable group OF volumes
which denl with entertaining fiction.
But the converse also holds. Mt least
10 the extent OF permitting us To insist
upon what would seem 10 he the ele-
mentary fact that book which Is
written to be read should be readable.
This rather obvious truth seems to
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