Calvinism a life-system - pagina 149

CALVINISM AND SCIENCE. however,

on the the

West,

enabled

the

fleet

the

Spaniards

On

the

of October,

first

towards

and,

to reach

fled

tje.-

wind turned

the

the

forcing

145

waters

beleaguered

upward,

Then

city.

haste to escape the rising tide.

in

3rd of October the

entered the port of

fleet

Leyden, and the siege being raised, Holland and Europe were saved. The population, all but starved to death, could scarcely drag themselves along, yet

limped

There

as

all

to a

man,

as they could to the house of prayer.

well

on their knees and gave thanks to God. But when they tried to utter their gratitude in psalms all fell

of praise, they were almost voiceless, for there was no

strength

away

left in

Behold what of hberty,

what has In

them, and the tones of their song died

in grateful

sobbing and weeping.

I called

written this to

recognition

of Holland

a glorious page in the history

and

blood,

in

do with

of such

if

you now ask me, answer:

science, see here the

patriotic

did not present

courage,

the

States

Leyden with a handful of

knightly orders, or gold, or honour, but with a School

of the

Sciences,

— the

University of Leyden, renowned

through the' whole world.

none

man

in

is

surpassed by

pride of his scientific glory, and yet no less a

than Niebuhr has

of Leyden's science."

The German

testified,

University

The

amply endowed

is

the most memorable hall of

ablest scholars chairs.

"that the Senate chamber

were induced to

Scaliger

fill

the

was conveyed from

France

in a man-of-war. Salmasius came to Leyden convoy of a whole squadron. Why should I give you the long list of names of the princes of science,

ijnder

of the giants in learning,

who have

filled

Leyden with 10

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