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thousand dollars. Without expansion, the work might be con- 

 ducted during the second year for fifteen thousand dollars, 

 and subsequently it might be curtailed or expanded, resources 

 permitting, according as results achieved and in prospect iusti- 

 fied. 



An institute established on such a modest basis as this still 

 might render largely important scientific service through its 

 own research and through organized cooperation with other 

 existing research establishments. Thus, for example, suppos- 

 ing that behavioristic, psychological, sociological, and genetic 

 inquiries were conducted in the institute itself, animals might 

 be supplied on a mutually satisfactory basis to institutes for 

 experimental medicine, for physiological research, and for anat- 

 omical studies. Under such conditions, it is conceivable that 

 extremely economical and good use might be made of all the 

 available primate materials. But it is not improbable that even 

 cooperative research would prove on the whole more profitable, 

 except possibly in the case of morphological work, if investiga- 

 tors could conduct their studies in the institute itself rather 

 than in distant laboratories. In any event, the idea of coopera- 

 tion should be prominent in connection with the organization 

 of a research station for the study of the primates. For thus, 

 evidently, scientific achievement in connection with these im- 

 portant types of animal might be vastly increased over what 

 would be possible in a single relatively small institution with 

 a limited and necessarily specialized staff of workers. 



Despite the fact that biologists generally recognize the import- 

 ance of the work under consideration and are eager to have it 

 done, it is perfectly certain that we shall accomplish nothing un- 

 less we devote ourselves confidentl3\ determinedly and unitedly, 

 with faith, vision, and enthusiasm, to the realization of a definite 

 plan. Our vision is clear, — if we are to gather and place at the 

 service of mankind adequate comparative knowledge of the life 

 of the primates and if we are to make this possible harvest of 

 scientific results count for human betterment, we must bend 

 all our efforts to the establishment of a station or institute for 

 research. 



