THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE IN GREATER 
NEW YORK 
A world-famous biologist (Pasteur) once said of Scotland 
that she was one of the first among nations to understand that 
intellect leads the world, and that for centuries she had “‘ united 
her destinies with those of the human mind.” 
A similar reputation among cities is enjoyed by the Athens of 
ancient Greece, but most modern cities are generally regarded as 
having united their destinies chiefly with those of commerce. As 
a necessary consequence of her geographical location, this has 
been true of New York from the beginning. 
But to her great honor, and as a necessary consequence of the 
character of her people, be it said that she has also united her 
destinies with those of literature, of art, and of education. 
The existence of her municipal colleges, her numerous and 
justly famous museums, zoological park, aquarium, and two 
botanic gardens, all supported in whole or in part by appropria- 
tions in the annual tax budget of the city, bears eloquent testi- 
mony to the fact that New York City has also united her destinies 
d of civilization and human 
— 
with those of science, the youngest chi 
progress. 
She also is coming to understand that, not commerce, not 
wealth, not bigness, but intellect leads the world, and that the 
general level of intelligence of her citizens and her own contri- 
bution to human progress in the higher realm of intelligence is 
the true measure of a city’s greatness. Such is the high goal 
toward which the Greater New York of today is progressing. 
