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Excerpt from Science Lectures for the People Mr. Chairman, my friends - (began the Professor) - Encouraged by the success of the experiment which was tried last spring with the endeavour of imparting to you some portion of know ledge Of science, and arousing some interest in scientific facts and reasonings, I have come again this autumn in the hope that we may have as successful a series of meetings as we had in the previous spring. I have been assisted most kindly by Dr. Alcock and Dr. Morgan who have volunteered courses on Natural History and on Physiology. These lectures will be giyea at a later period. Although it may be necessary in Manchester to speak Of the advantage of scientific reasoning, of the importance of scientific investigation, yet on the results of science it is almost needless for me to dwell. Let us only look at one of the real wonders of the world lately accomplished - tihe Atlantic Telegraph. How important for all of us, for every man and woman in England, to really understand Something about the principles by means Of which we are able to talk with our friends in New York! I might turn toa thousand other important applications of know ledge in the present day, in which you would find the same interest and the same necessity for a knowledge Of the principles Of science. And these principles are not so abstruse or so difficult but that they may be mastered by all who have the will to do it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.