Excerpt from The Ethical Functions of Scientific Study: An Address Delivered at the Annual Commencement of the University of Michigan, June 28, 1888 If you strike hands with me in this fundamental view, you cannot fail also to join in the affirmation that every intellectual activity that enters into our processes of edu cation is a fit subject of inquiry respecting. Its inherent moral character and its ethical tendencies and results. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.