Iamaware，that，accordingtoitsowndefinition，scienceoughttobeuseless，i。e。，scienceforthesakeofscience；butsurelythisisanobviousevasion。Theprovinceofscienceistoservethepeople。Wehaveinventedtelegraphs，telephones，phonographs；butwhatadvanceshaveweeffectedinthelife，inthelabor，ofthepeople？Wehavereckoneduptwomillionsofbeetles!Andwehavenottamedasingleanimalsincebiblicaltimes，whenallouranimalswerealreadydomesticated；butthereindeer，thestag，thepartridge，theheath—cock，allremainwild。
Ourbotanistshavediscoveredthecell，andinthecellprotoplasm，andinthatprotoplasmstillsomethingmore，andinthatatomyetanotherthing。Itisevidentthattheseoccupationswillnotendforalongtimetocome，becauseitisobviousthattherecanbenoendtothem，andthereforethescientisthasnotimetodevotetothosethingswhicharenecessarytothepeople。Andtherefore，again，fromthetimeofEgyptianandHebrewantiquity，whenwheatandlentilshadalreadybeencultivated，downtoourowntimes，notasingleplanthasbeenaddedtothefoodofthepeople，withtheexceptionofthepotato，andthatwasnotobtainedbyscience。
Torpedoeshavebeeninvented，andapparatusfortaxation，andsoforth。Butthespinning—whined，thewoman’sweaving—loom，theplough，thehatchet，thechain，therake，thebucket，thewell—
sweep，areexactlythesameastheywereinthedaysofRurik；andiftherehasbeenanychange，thenthatchangehasnotbeeneffectedbyscientificpeople。
Anditisthesamewiththearts。Wehaveelevatedalotofpeopletotherankofgreatwriters；wehavepickedthesewriterstopieces，andhavewrittenmountainsofcriticism，andcriticismonthecritics，andcriticismonthecriticsofthecritics。Andwehavecollectedpicture—galleries，andhavestudieddifferentschoolsofartindetail；andwehavesomanysymphoniesandorchestrasandoperas，thatitisbecomingdifficultevenforustolistentothem。