GENERAL OBSERVATIONS: ON SHARING CREDITS 659 



the apprenticeship has been fully served, proper training ac- 

 quired, and ability for independent research developed, there 

 should be a just sharing of credits. Any other course leads to 

 injustice and bitterness, is not creditable to the chief, and should 

 not be endured by the subordinates. Here again, however, the 

 subject calls for an exhibition of mutual forbearance and 

 courtesy. In the end, the aim of all wise and honest chiefs 

 should be to see their assistants set up as independent workers — 

 honest, capable and productive. It is enough glory for him that 

 he has trained them! All this on the supposition that they have 

 developed marked ability for independent research. The time 

 required for this development varies greatly, and some never 

 acquire it. The latter must be content to serve always in sub- 

 ordinate places, and all should defer a good deal to the judg- 

 ment of their chief, premising always that he is an honest man 

 of broad views and sound judgment. 



ON ATTENDING MEETINGS AND KEEPING UP MEMBERSHIP IN 



SOCIETIES, AND ON BEING GENERALLY PUBLIC-SPIRITED 



AND HELPFUL IN SCIENCE 



A man's success in life, granted some inborn ability and 

 a proper training, depends very largely on the friends he makes, 

 both the number and kind. If he is a reserved and shy individual, 

 he is apt to get on slowly. He may be an excellent man but 

 nobody finds out his good qualities. Likewise, if he is penurious, 

 he stands very much in the way of his own advancement because 

 then naturally he will think he cannot afford to purchase and 

 distribute separates of his own papers, to buy books and to sub- 

 scribe for scientific journals through which he would become well 

 informed, or to belong to societies and attend meetings where he 

 would meet many interesting men and might make friendships of 

 lasting service to him. A clear outlook is essential. Remember 

 the proverb: " Nothing ventured nothing won! " If you plan a 

 career in science you cannot do better than to join scientific 

 societies and attend scientific meetings regularly, even at cost 

 of considerable inconvenience and self-denial. You should also 

 visit other laboratories, and strive in every way to keep abreast 



