180 SCIENCE PROGRESS 



The early founders of science, the great amateurs, were 

 sublime figures ; but, though we may still hope for such 

 powerful assistance as they gave, the fact is that science now 

 needs professional service in every branch. If science has 

 become the first industry, then for rapid progress it should be 

 treated as such. Our policy should direct itself towards per- 

 fecting the organisation which makes most for science — the 

 scientific education of the individual and the national encourage- 

 ment of scientific work. We must ask, what is the world doing 

 to render more smooth the machinery of scientific thought and 

 investigation, and what part does our nation play in this great 

 world-work ? Men of science are apt to think that their duties 

 extend to no more than investigation. But, if they are wise, 

 they will attend also to the means by which great investigation 

 is to-day rendered possible. They will unite to insist that 

 proper attention be paid to science, that disabilities be removed, 

 and that enough means be provided. The first duty of 

 individuals and of nations is to see to their own efficiency, and 

 the first duty of science is to see to hers. 



