San Francisco and New York



Mark what I say!
Attend me where I wheel!
- Troilus and Cressida.



Copyright, 1908
by Paul Elder and Company



Introduction



Science may conquer the stars, but it does nothing by jumps. As a
Scientist, as well as a philosopher, I am accustomed to reaching the
Transcendental by winding paths. It is characteristic of me that I
should have consented to preface this remarkable Sonnet Cycle only after
supreme deliberation, and that I should at last have determined to speak
in behalf of the Car Conductor for the following reasons:

1. As a Botanist I am fascinated by the phenomenon of Genius flourishing
from bud to flower, from flower to seed.

2. As a Psychologist I am anxious to establish once and for all, both by