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opportunity, except to a very limited extent, of becoming familiar either 
with the financial, the mechanical, or the economic side of manufac- 
turing. My calling, however, leads me continually to the consideration 
of scientific problems and scientific methods. I have in a measure 
become familiar with the steps taken in Great Britain and other coun- 
tries in developing schemes of industrial research and in dealing with 
allied matters. These I have endeavoured to apply to what appears to 
me to be the special needs of our own country, a country which we all 
agree is full of potentiality and promise. 
In closing may I be permitted to remind you that the terrible War 
which is now being waged is but one aspect of a tremendous struggle 
for Truth and Righteousness. Let us not forget that it is a struggle in 
which Science is one of the combatants. Are we to be the Allies of 
Science or must Science look in another direction for support? The 
words recently penned by the English Poet, William Watson, are not 
without interest at this time. They are entitled: 
WHAT SCIENCE SAYS TO TRUTH. 
As the mainland to the sea 
Thou art to me. 
Thou standest stable, while against thy feet 
I beat, I beat! 
Yet from the cliffs so sheer, so tall, 
Sands crumble and fall; 
And golden grains of thee my tides each day 
Carry away. 
