l6 THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE IN AMERICA 



tional matters must come to a clear understanding of what 

 the situation really is before conditions can be materially 

 improved. 



Whether or not you accept my conclusions, if what I have 

 said will lead you to reflect on the causes underlying the present 

 state of unproductiveness of American science, and on the best 

 means of improving this condition, your time and mine will 

 not have been spent altogether vainly on this occasion. 



