"The , no less than the severest utilitarian, rejoices in every contribution of science to the arts, but he does not admit that the whole value of science is to be measured by any present applications. He puts in a demurrer to the conclusion that those portions of it are useless of which we do not see the utility. The use may be beyond our present sphere of vision, or, if coming within our cognizance, it may not admit of comparison with any standard of measure. Unlike the precious gem, which has an exchangeable but no intrinsic value, science bears no price in the market. It transcends all ideas of comparison and exchange. Its high utility lies in the breadth and dignity and sublime grandeur which it gives to the human mind."
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Alexis Caswell
(January 29, 1799 – January 8, 1877) was an American Baptist minister, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, and professor at . He was, from 1868 to 1872, president of Brown University and, in 1857, president of the (AAAS). In 1875 he was elected a Fellow of the AAAS.
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