Chapter 4

           

           ItwastowardMaywhenDr.Willett,attherequestoftheseniorWard,andfortifiedwithalltheCurwendatawhichthefamilyhadgleanedfromCharlesinhisnon-secretivedays,talkedwiththeyoungman.Theinterviewwasoflittlevalueorconclusiveness,forWillettfeltateverymomentthatCharleswasthoroughmasterofhimselfandintouchwithmattersofrealimportance;butitatleastforcethesecretiveyouthtooffersomerationalexplanationofhisrecentdemeanor.Ofapallid,impassivetypenoteasilyshowingembarrassment,Wardseemedquitereadytodiscusshispursuits,thoughnottorevealtheirobject.Hestatedthatthepapersofhisancestorhadcontainedsomeremarkablesecretsofearlyscientificknowledge,forthemostpartincipher,ofanapparentscopecomparableonlytothediscoveriesofFriarBaconandperhapssurpassingeventhose.Theywere,however,meaninglessexceptwhencorrelatedwithabodyoflearningnowwhollyobsolete;sothattheirimmediatepresentationtoaworldequippedonlywithmodernsciencewouldrobthemofallimpressivenessanddramaticsignificance.Totaketheirvividplaceinthehistoryofhumanthoughttheymustfirstbecorrelatedbyonefamiliarwiththebackgroundoutofwhichtheyevolved,andtothistaskofcorrelationWardwasnowdevotinghimself.HewasseekingtoacquireasfastaspossiblethoseneglectedartsofoldwhichatrueinterpreteroftheCurwendatamustpossess,andhopedintimetomadeafullannouncementandpresentationoftheutmostinteresttomankindandtotheworldofthought.

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