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The second series of the course was devoted to "some considerations
on the art of war, naval and land, with illustrations from
Bonapartes Italian campaign of 1796-1797.

The lecturer opened this series with a discussion of war as
an art and not a science; making clear to all the difference
between the two. He said, "War is an art and not a science.
There is a great difference between the two. Science is the formulation
of laws bering on a given subject, as the natural laws
or laws of nature. These laws are the tabulated results of experiment,
they remain unalterable and incontrovertible. They must be
observed and followed, if neglected or ignored they will crush us.

Any mind in discussing or weighing scientifically can follow
only the straight and well marked way; it cannot deviate, it cannot
choose. Science is facts or untimate principles, as explained by
principles or laws thus arranged in natural order, It is applied or
pure?\ Applied science is a knowledge of facts or phenomena as
explained or accounted for by powers, causes or laws.

Pure science is the knowledge of these powers causes or laws considered
apart, or as pure from all applications.

Art on the other hand depends on skill and practice in the performance.
Art and science both enquire; the latter for the sake
of truth, the former for the sake of production..

Art is the application of things in the natural world to the uses
of life. Science is systematised knowledge; art is knowldge