Abstract
IN this country the prevailing opinion is that the works of a man of science furnish the best monument to his memory. Though something can be said in favour of that principle, the restriction of its application to students and interpreters of nature is by no means justifiable. But a “look around” at the statues, and tablets, and other marks of public appreciation, shows that a man's greatness is, in general, not measured by his scientific labours. They do these things better in France. Those who honour a man and his works desire to proclaim his fame in the market-place, so that ail may know that he was a giant among men. Passers-by are thus brought to a knowledge of deeds that they wot not of, and they see that a life devoted to science is one to be emulated. Thoughts of this kind forced themselves upon us when it was announced a few weeks ago that a statue to Arago had been unveiled in Paris.
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