ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author begins with the general qualities, with the view of obtaining as exact an idea as may be of the degree in which they are present in the leaders of science of the present day, neither exaggerating nor under-estimating. The excellence of the health of the men in the author list is remarkable, considering that the majority are of middle and many of advanced ages. One quarter of them state that they have excellent or very good health, a second quarter have good or fair, a third have had good health since they attained manhood, and only one quarter make complaints or reservations. The religious feeling of men of science is necessarily of a peculiar character. Being thoughtful men, they are probably more occupied with religious ideas than the generality of people; but, being exacting of evidence and questioners of authority, they sturdily object to much that others accept easily.
