ABSTRACT
Science has become more humble because it recognizes that there are certain spheres which are at present beyond the sphere of scientific investigation. Some of the scientific leaders have entered the region of metaphysics, and tried to give the bases of a philosophy whose foundation was science. The first of these was perhaps Auguste Comte, but in this connexion he hardly counts. It is impossible to exaggerate the effect which a study of science has on the mind of a young man who takes it up seriously. The difficulty which men of science feel about Religion is real and inevitable, and in so far as Doubt is a conscientious tribute to the inviolability of Nature it is entitled to respect.” In searching for scientific truth as for all truth, the first thing is observation.
