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the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's 

 estate." 



But there are two sides to this idea of social- 

 ization, the other being the duty of the State to 

 utilize the resources of Science in the solution 

 of practical problems. Whether we think of the 

 more effective and less wasteful exploitation of 

 the Earth, or of the gathering in of the harvest 

 of the sea, or of making occupations more whole- 

 some, or of beautifying human surroundings, or of 

 exterminating infectious diseases, or of improving 

 the physique of the race we are filled with amaze- 

 ment at the abundance of expert knowledge of 

 priceless value which is not being utilized. 



As to what may be called the moralization of 

 Science this is a subject on which only the high 

 priests in the temple should speak, and we shall 

 not do more than recall the noble words of one 

 of these. Helmholtz writes: "As the highest 

 motive influencing my work though not reached 

 in my early years was the thought of the civil- 

 ized world as a constantly developing and living 

 whole, whose life, in comparison with that of the 

 individual, appears as eternal. In the service of 

 this eternal humanity my contribution to knowl- 

 edge, small as it was, appeared in the light of a 

 holy service, and the worker himself feels bound 

 by affection to the whole human race, and his 

 work is thereby sanctified. This feeling all can 



