﻿WHO 
  WILL 
  PROMOTE 
  SCIENCE? 
  — 
  ABBOT. 
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  wealth 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  gained. 
  These 
  agencies 
  are 
  not 
  enough. 
  There 
  needs 
  

   to 
  be 
  the 
  broad 
  research 
  organizations 
  founded 
  to 
  survey 
  the 
  field 
  

   of 
  knowledge, 
  direct 
  researches 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  fill 
  its 
  gaps 
  and 
  extend 
  its 
  

   borders 
  without 
  prejudice 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  immediate 
  wealth-producing 
  

   utilities. 
  They 
  must 
  also 
  publish 
  and 
  diffuse 
  accurate 
  and 
  inspiring 
  

   knowledge 
  among 
  the 
  people 
  and 
  find 
  out 
  and 
  give 
  opportunities 
  for 
  

   work 
  to 
  the 
  exceptional 
  men 
  and 
  women 
  — 
  the 
  Faradays 
  and 
  the 
  

   Curies 
  of 
  the 
  future. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  already 
  several 
  such 
  establishments 
  well 
  organized, 
  

   ably 
  directed, 
  and 
  enjoying 
  the 
  advice 
  and 
  counsel 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  well- 
  

   informed 
  and 
  far-sighted 
  of 
  our 
  men 
  of 
  science 
  and 
  philanthropy. 
  

   Men 
  of 
  wealth 
  have 
  founded 
  them 
  as 
  memorials 
  in 
  most 
  cases, 
  giv- 
  

   ing 
  their 
  own 
  names, 
  very 
  naturally, 
  to 
  secure 
  perpetual 
  remem- 
  

   brance. 
  The 
  time 
  will 
  come 
  when 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  foolish 
  and 
  hurtful 
  

   to 
  add 
  to 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  such 
  institutions, 
  but 
  not 
  soon 
  when 
  it 
  will 
  

   cease 
  to 
  be 
  needful 
  to 
  add 
  to 
  their 
  financial 
  resources. 
  

  

  There 
  should 
  be 
  no 
  hesitation 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  a 
  name. 
  Some 
  of 
  

   these 
  institutions, 
  notably 
  the 
  oldest, 
  the 
  Smithsonian, 
  have 
  carried 
  

   their 
  names 
  so 
  long 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  now 
  no 
  longer 
  primarily 
  associated 
  

   with 
  the 
  founders, 
  but 
  rather 
  with 
  the 
  noble 
  work 
  which 
  the 
  institu- 
  

   tions 
  have 
  done, 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  have 
  become 
  household 
  and 
  national 
  

   rather 
  than 
  family 
  names. 
  A 
  modern 
  giver 
  to 
  such 
  an 
  old 
  institution 
  

   may, 
  however, 
  well 
  require 
  that 
  his 
  own 
  name 
  should 
  be 
  attached 
  to 
  

   that 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  foundation 
  which 
  he 
  donates, 
  and 
  thus 
  he 
  may 
  pro- 
  

   vide 
  himself 
  with 
  a 
  worthy 
  memorial. 
  

  

  But 
  let 
  him 
  think 
  seriously 
  in 
  doing 
  so 
  before 
  tying 
  up 
  his 
  gift 
  

   with 
  restrictions 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  expenditures 
  to 
  be 
  pro- 
  

   moted 
  thereby. 
  The 
  giver 
  is 
  but 
  one 
  man, 
  and 
  however 
  wide 
  his 
  

   knowledge 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  institution 
  is 
  wider, 
  more 
  comprehensive, 
  and 
  

   discerning. 
  Times 
  change 
  ; 
  research 
  is 
  alive 
  and 
  growing. 
  Let 
  there 
  

   be 
  trust 
  in 
  the 
  wisest 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  funds 
  by 
  the 
  enlightened 
  executive 
  of 
  

   the 
  institution 
  rather 
  than 
  a 
  restriction 
  of 
  scope. 
  Otherwise 
  the 
  in- 
  

   stitution 
  is 
  apt 
  to 
  be 
  loaded 
  with 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  white 
  elephants 
  and 
  op- 
  

   pressed 
  to 
  stagnation 
  by 
  the 
  management 
  of 
  them, 
  whereas 
  if 
  the 
  

   gifts 
  were 
  free 
  from 
  oppressive 
  conditions 
  the 
  right 
  things 
  could 
  be 
  

   done 
  to 
  promote 
  useful 
  knowledge. 
  

  

  Colleges 
  have 
  loyal 
  alumni, 
  some 
  of 
  great 
  wealth 
  competent 
  to 
  en- 
  

   dow 
  large 
  foundations 
  bearing 
  their 
  names. 
  But 
  the 
  alumni 
  as 
  a 
  

   body, 
  without 
  hope 
  of 
  individual 
  perpetual 
  remembrance 
  give 
  great 
  

   sums 
  to 
  rescue 
  the 
  college 
  in 
  its 
  times 
  of 
  need. 
  Research 
  institutions 
  

   lack 
  these 
  loyal 
  constituencies. 
  How 
  can 
  they, 
  then, 
  with 
  dignity 
  

   lay 
  bare 
  their 
  poverty 
  or 
  hope 
  for 
  adequate 
  relief 
  ? 
  Can 
  their 
  officers, 
  

   so 
  imbued 
  with 
  veneration 
  and 
  loyalty 
  that 
  they 
  serve 
  a 
  lifetime 
  for 
  

   a 
  pittance, 
  eked 
  out 
  by 
  literary 
  or 
  teaching 
  work 
  in 
  recreation 
  hours, 
  

  

  