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without it real progress is well-nigh imijossihle. Then there is the 

 large field ot" effort to which bibliographical work leads up. viz., the 

 historical field. With every year added tO' the life of science, the 

 more imperative it becomes to attend to its history, so as to foster 

 width of view and to keep before investigators the more fruitful 

 trends of thought. Again, there is the preparation of specialists' 

 text-books ajid l)Ooks of reference for the use of advanced students, 

 who need guidance and encouragement to become themselves in- 

 vestigators. 'J'he demand for this is clamant in English-speaking 

 lands, as every teacher knows. More might easily be instanced : it 

 is not the small size of the vineyard that is to be l)lamed : " the 

 labourers are few. ' 



Let us all hope that one outcome of this gathering will be a 

 large increase of workers in South Africa, single-minded workers, 

 content even to plod if they may only prepare the way for greater 

 men to follow. 



