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them ; and men of great natural gifts have 

 failed, absolutely or relatively, because 

 they lacked this one thing needful. 

 Traeaim To anyone who knows the business of 

 method investigation practically, Bacon's notion of 

 search, establishing a company of investigators to 

 work for 'fruits,' as if the pursuit of 

 knowledge were a kind of mining operation 

 and only required well-directed picks and 

 shovels, seems very strange." In science, 

 as in art, and, as I believe, in every other 

 sphere of human activity, there may be 

 wisdom in a multitude of counsellors, but 

 it is only in one or two of them. And, in 

 scientific inquiry, at any rate, it is to that 

 one or two that we must look for light 

 and guidance. Newton said that he made 

 his discoveries by 'intending' his mind 



* 'Memorable exemple de Timpuissance des recher- 

 ches collectives appliquees a la decouverte des vdrites 

 jiouvelles! ' says one of the most distinguished of living 

 French savants, of the corporate chemical work of the 

 old Academie des Sciences. (See Berthelot, Science et 

 Philosophic, p. 201. ) 



