604 PSYCHOLOGY 



the course of the present century accomplish results commensurate 

 with the nineteenth-century applications of physical science to the 

 material world. 



The present function of a physician, a lawyer, a clergyman, a 

 teacher, or a man of business is to a considerable extent that of 

 an amateur psychologist. In the inevitable specialization of mod- 

 ern society, there will become increasing need of those who can 

 be paid for expert psychological advice. We may have experts 

 who will be trained in schools as large and well-equipped as our 

 present schools of medicine, and their profession may become as 

 useful and as honorable. Such a profession clearly offers an oppor- 

 tunity to the charlatan, but it is not the only profession open to 

 him. For the present the psychological expert should doubtless be 

 a member of one of the recognized professions, who has the natural 

 endowments, special training, and definite knowledge of the con- 

 ditions that will make his advice and assistance of value. But in 

 the end there will be not only a science, but also a profession of 

 psychology. 



