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merits of the day in pure science may be those 

 which are immediately ready for fruitful application. 

 It is not even wise to separate pure and applied 

 science too widely; it is profitable to keep them in 

 close touch. Pure science may be developed by 

 itself, but it is the gainer if its workers are alive 

 to the inspiration which is to be found in watch- 

 ing its application. Chemists, physicists, geologists, 

 all scientific experimenters, know this well enough, 

 in these days at any rate. On the other hand 

 applied science does suffer most materially if there 

 is any attempt to cut away pure science as unneces- 

 sary. Here again workers and experimenters are 

 alive to the situation, and do their best to keep in 

 touch with their fellows through literature and 

 societies. But it is not clear that this point is 

 always understood by those who have the power to 

 encourage the development of science. Educa- 

 tional authorities and directors of industry are to 

 be commended who, when they erect institutions 

 for the imparting of applied and technical know- 

 ledge, see to it that pure science is encouraged 

 as well. 



There is a general feeling in this country at the 

 present time that the alliance between industry 

 and science must be more firmly drawn. It is 

 to be observed that the science which is to be woven 

 into industry and is to give it life and the power 

 of growth and adaptation, is the pure science of 

 which we have spoken. There is no other. There 



