ABSTRACT
Between science and the Empire there is a connexion which is not far to seek…. We may even go further and trace a by no means imaginary connexion between the spirit of science and the political ideals of the Empire—the uncorrupt administration of justice, the maintenance of public order, the education of the component peoples in the art of democratic government—for these things are closely akin to that frank search for truth and ascendancy of reason over passion which are necessary to success in science, and must progress with every advance in influence which accrues to scientific men.” 1
