416 Missouri State Horticultural Society. 



To-day, largely through Charles Darwin's influence, we recognize 

 the necessity of drawing our inspiration more directly from the vital 

 manifestations of nature in our attempt to solve some of the many 

 far-reaching problems which modern science presents. The fields 

 of biology, morphology, physiology, psychology, are more inviting 

 than formerly. Nor is the lustre that glorifies the names of Ste- 

 venson, Watts, Faraday, Franklin, Morse, Henry, Siemens, and a 

 host of yet living investigators dimmed because they made science 

 useful. If to-day, right here in Washington, there is great activity 

 in the fields of original research, if the nation is encouraging it in a 

 manner we may well be proud of, the fact is due in no small degree 

 to the efforts of those who have made practical ends a means, rather 

 than to those who would make science more exclusive, and who are 

 indifferent to practical ends or popular sympathy.'' 



