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To obtain the best results, the scientist must have freedom. To 

 place an investigator under an administrative officer is folly. 

 This, it has been argued, keeps alive the interest of the adminis- 

 trator in investigative work, and keeps the investigator practical. 

 True, but the harm done is out of all proportion to the benefit 

 received; investigation degenerates into hand-to-mouth em- 

 piricism, and the fundamental problems are left untouched. 



