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In addition to the work done by the departments of the 

 city, state, and national governments,^ a great deal of scientific 

 investigation is carried on in a number of institutes devoted 

 especially to scientific research. The Rockefeller Institute for 

 Medical Research, the Wistar Institute of Anatomy, the Phipps 

 Institute, the Carnegie Institute, and many others in this coun- 

 try are carrying on scientific investigations in various fields, for 

 the benefit of the public. 



It is well understood that science cannot be developed either 

 by those who shut themselves up from the rest of the world 

 or by those who seek to make some private gain through 

 exploiting nature's secrets. Sooner or later the search for the 

 world's truth must come in contact with human knowledge on 

 the one side, and with human welfare on the other. If man is 

 to continue to be master of his environment, it will be first of 

 all because he has learned to organize his machinery iox finding 

 out, and because he has learned to make general application of 

 what he finds out. 



1 It is impossible to list all the public agencies that are regularly engaged 

 in scientific research, even in this country alone. Some of the important ones 

 besides those mentioned in the text are 



The United States Fisheries Commission The United States National Museum 



The United States Bureau of Standards The United States Census Bureau 



The United States Coast and Geodetic The National Observatory 



Survey The United States Bureau of Mines 



The United States Bureau of Ethnology The United States Weather Bureau 



Under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture, investigations are 

 carried on in several different fields by special staffs of scientists. Some of 

 the bureaus, or divisions, are 



The Forest Service The Bureau of Plant Industry 



The Biological Survey The Bureau of Animal Industry 



The Bureau of Entomology The Office of Experiment Stations 



The Bureau of Chemistry The Bureau of Soils 



In many cities there have been established, in connection with the education 

 departments, staffs of scientists to investigate various problems arising in the 

 work of education, psychological clinics, and other arrangements for finding 

 out what it is important to know. In a number of cities investigations are 

 being made for the purpose of determining the best way to prevent fires, — 

 of discovering the sources of fire dangers and how best to meet them. 



