690 EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 



addresses in other sections. But I should regard as incomplete 

 any review of the problems of experimental psychology which 

 omitted reference to them. Their consideration helps us to attack 

 that first problem of definition, clarifies our method, and furnishes 

 an opportunity for the give-and-take of criticism and encourage- 

 ment. We cannot afford to misunderstand one another, as we can- 

 not afford to waste our time on unreal and constructive problems. 

 The work presses; the rule of work is definite and unmistakable; 

 there is room in the workshop for all sorts and conditions of men. 

 I do not think that the outlook of any science could be more hopeful ; 

 I do not think that we need fear a lessening of that quiet enthusiasm 

 which, from the first, in the beginner as in the mature student, 

 has been the salient characteristic of the experimental psychologist . 



