VALUES IN SCIENCE. 629 



Divine impulse of the luiintui iiiiiid to fathom the unknown. The love 

 of ti'uth is fundiuuentiil to all research that is worthy of the name, but 

 it reaches the fiiltiUnient of its highest function when there is joined 

 with it the altruistic motive. The scientist who uses the great inves- 

 tigational abilit}" with which he is endowed merely for intellectual 

 "•ratification or solely for the advancement of his professional standing, 

 has missed the higher ideals of lal)or and of service. 



It is not mere sentiment to declare that the day of exclusiveness 

 and aristocracy in learning is passing, and that the day when the 

 scholar shall serve wnth dignity in common things is here. In fact, 

 there are no longer things common and unclean in whatever touches 

 human welfare. 



The results of scientilio research that center around a field of corn 

 or a pail of milk, as an aid to the sustenance and comfort of the 

 human family, possess no elements of inferiority. While we may 

 defend our devotion to science in its practical relations we need not 

 apologize for it. The student may prize such knowledge as he would 

 })rize fine gold, and may pursue it even to the attainment of lofty 

 ambitions. 



