XXXvi CARNEGIE INSTITUTION 



elsewhere, shall in the broadest and most liberal manner encourage 

 investigation, research, and discovery — show the application of 

 knowledge to the improvement of mankind, provide such buildings, 

 laboratories, books, and apparatus as may be needed, and afford 

 instruction of an advanced character to students properly qualified 

 to profit thereby." 



And he adds : 



"That his chief purpose is to secure, if possible, for the United 

 States of America, leadership in the domain of discovery and the 

 utilization of new forces for the benefit of man." 



The trust deed enumerates several aims, all of which may be 

 grouped under two heads, viz : 



(A) To promote original research. 



(B) To increase facilities for higher education. 



Under (A) may be grouped : 



(a) The promotion of original research " as one of the most im- 

 portant of all subjects." 



{b) To discover the exceptional man * ^ >!« and enable him 

 to make the work for which he seems specially designed his life 

 work. 



{c) The prompt publication and distribution of the results of 

 scientific investigation. 



Under (B) may be grouped: 



{a and b) The increase of facilities for higher education by in- 

 creasing the efficiency of the universities and other institutions, 

 either by utilizing and adding to their existing facilities or by aid- 

 ing teachers in various institutions in experimental and other work. 



(^) To enable such students as may find Washington the best 

 point for their special studies to take advantage of the facilities 

 there for higher education and research. 



Principles. — It is the judgment of the Executive Committee that 

 the aims enumerated can be best carried into effect under the follow- 

 ing principles, which are to be departed from only in very exceptional 

 cases. 



The Institution proposes to undertake — 



(A) To promote original research by systematically sustaining — 

 (a) Projects of broad scope that may lead to the discovery and 

 utilization of new forces for the benefit of man, pursuing 

 each with the greatest possible thoroughness. 



