Calvinism - pagina 149

CALVINISM AND SCIENCE. on

however,

the

towards

the

West,

enabled

the

fleet

the

Spaniards

On

the

of October,

first

and,

I45

wnid turned

the

fled

haste to escape the rising tide.

in

of October the fleet entered the port of

3rd

The

were saved.

raised,

population,

all

Holland and Europe

but starved to death,

could scarcely drag themselves along, yet

There

as all

Then

to reach te beleaguered city.

Leyden, and the siege being

limped

upward,

the waters

forcing

on

But when they

to a

man,

as they could to the house of prayer.

well fell

all

their

knees and gave thanks to God.

psalms

tried to utter their gratitude in

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

strength

away

left in

sobbing and weeping.

in grateful

Behold what

what has

this to

in

now

ask me,

science, see here the

answer:

and

blood,

do with

of such

recognition

of Holland

a glorious page in the history

I called

written

of liberty,

In

them, and the tones of their song died

patriotic

did not present

if

yoii

courage,

Leyden with

the

States

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. The German is surpassed by none in pride of his scientific glory, and yet no less a

man

than Niebuhr has

of Leyden's

University

The

science."

in

a

is

chairs.

man-of-war.

"that the Senate chamber

the most memorable hall of

ablest scholars

amply endowed France

testified,

were induced to

Scahger

you the long

list

of

of the giants in learning,

the

was conveyed from

Salmasius came to Leyden

under convoy of a whole squadron. give

fill

Why

should

I

names of the princes of science, who have filled Leyden with 10

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