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In one respect the field of anthropology is perhaps more en- 

 ticing than that of any other science. In geology, for exam- 

 ple, the great problems seem to have been worked out in such 

 manner as to leave no function for a Hall or a Hilgard, a 

 Lyell or a LeConte, a Playfair or a Powell; and it may be 

 questioned whether biology affords proper scope for a Linne 

 or a Darwin; for while the necessities and the opportunities are 

 continually arising', they are connected rather with sub-prob- 

 lems than with the primary problems of the pioneers. Not so 

 of anthropolog}'. This science presents today primar}^ problems 

 in classification, in correlation, in tracing serial development and 

 relation, in throwing light on the most fundamental questions 

 of human life ; and for the ambitious student, desirous of en- 

 larging the field of human knowledge, these opportunities can 

 not fail of attraction. 



