The Possessors Of Wealth Can Scarcely Be

If We Look At The Fact, We Shall Find That The Great Inventions Of The Age Are Not, With Us At Least, Always Produced In Universities.

The Half Minute Which We Daily Devote To The Winding-up Of Our Watches Is An Exertion Of Labour Almost Insensible; Yet, By The Aid Of A Few Wheels, Its Effect Is Spread Over The Whole Twenty-four Hours.

There Is, However, Another Purpose To Which Academies Contribute. When They Consist Of A Limited Number Of Persons, Eminent For Their Knowledge, It Becomes An Object Of Ambition To Be Admitted On Their List.

The Accumulation Of Skill And Science Which Has Been Directed To Diminish The Difficulty Of Producing Manufactured Goods, Has Not Been Beneficial To That Country Alone In Which It Is Concentrated Distant Kingdoms Have Participated In Its Advantages.

Science In England Is Not A Profession: Its Cultivators Are Scarcely Recognised Even As A Class. Our Language Itself Contains No Single Term By Which Their Occupation Can Be Expressed. We Borrow A Foreign Word [savant] From Another Country Whose High Ambition It Is To Advance Science, And Whose Deeper Policy, In Accord With More Generous Feelings, Gives To The Intellectual Labourer Reward And Honour, In Return For Services Which Crown The Nation With Imperishable Renown, And Ultimately Enrich The Human Race.