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Dawson, S: Plea for Literature

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Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
ISBN: 9781333081201

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Excerpt from A Plea for Literature: Presidential Address Before the Royal Society of Canada on May 26, 1908

It will be my endeavour to direct your attention for a short time this evening to some of the objects aimed at in founding the Royal Society which appear to have attracted less than their legitimate share of popular interest; to some of the functions which the Society is performing and may perform; and to indicate some directions in which it may develop. My remarks will be concerned chie¿y with the first two sections - the literary sections. The scientific sections express the activities of a scientific era. They deal with material things and make their appeal to the practical genius of the age. They need neither explanation nor apology; for, in popular opinion, science is held to have a basis of real utility which is lacking in literature. The attention of mankind is focussed as never before on the advance of science as it strides from victory to victory over the world of matter; but let us step out of the blaze of noon and rest awhile in the quiet shade of the world of the spirit.

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