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other than benefited through a searcliiiig self-examination r Jiven the 

 shock to our self-pride which came with the revelations of this bellutn 

 period is not fraught with permanent disaster. Since the condition 

 existed, it is far better that we should know it, and so far as may be 

 possible provide against its recurrence in the future. 



The encouraging feature of our entire survey is the evidence which it 

 shows of a steady evolution toward better conditions ; for no one can 

 truthfully deny that the scientific world is today in a far better position 

 than it has ever occu])ied in the jiast ; and the outlook for the future is so 

 much the more encouraging. 



University of Michigan. 



