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before fellow workers, of submitting results to discussion, of 

 participating in the discussion of others' results, of extending 

 scientific acquaintance, of co-operation, of mutual stimulus to 

 endeavor, of personal education by contact with other workers, 

 were dwelt upon in detail. The value of the academy as a 

 means of disseminating the spirit, the method, and the love of 

 science among the people of the State was especially em- 

 phasized. The function of advising relative to legislation on 

 scientific matters was urged as highly important. 



The address closed with an earnest advocacy of the value 

 of the spirit and method of science to the state and nation as 

 an essential element in the solution of its great social, political, 

 and ethical problems. The habit of conscientious search for the 

 precise truth and the systematic control and guidance of opinion 

 and action in accordance with the canons of scientific procedure 

 were urged as means of supreme value in the elevation and 

 purification of the common thought and feeling of our people. 

 More than anything else, are the intellectual and moral methods 

 of science a protection against current evils and a guarantee of 

 safety in the future. 



