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in the industrial struggle for existence. The 

 methods of Research in Industrial and Pure Science 

 do not differ in essence. The distinction lies in the 

 nature and circumstances of the problems with 

 which they deal. Hence there is no training so 

 valuable for industrial life as that of being brought 

 into close contact with those who are engaged in 

 Scientific Research whether it be in University 

 Laboratories or elsewhere. 



By concentrating this work at our Universities 

 and making the students see and take part in it we 

 shall send out into the world a class of men fitted 

 for carrying out the industrial research necessary 

 for the maintenance of our position in trade. The 

 tone of these Essays and the record they contain 

 of the work that is being carried on at our 

 English Universities shew that they at least are 

 doing their share in training students in research 

 and thus fitting them for a higher standard of 

 practical work, and if the people of England are 

 ready and willing to avail themselves of the edu- 

 cational opportunities thus given there need be 

 no fear that in the years to come we shall be 

 distanced by our foreign competitors. 



