stitute investigation, and they belong to a different 

 order of inquiry. 



If a survey of any region or phase is to be a 

 record of fact, then it must be strictly scientific in 

 spirit^ as I already have indicated. It must discover 

 and set down every fact of significance, wholly apart 

 from any prejudice or bias in the mind of the ob- 

 server: the fact is its own justification. The work 

 cannot be as precise as that in the mathematical and 

 physical sciences; but in its purpose it must be as 

 scientific as any work in any subject. 



If the work is scientific, then it will not be under- 

 taken for the purpose of exploiting a movement, 

 recruiting an organization, spreading a propaganda, 

 advertising a region, or promoting the personal am- 

 bition of any man. There is indication that sur- 

 vey-work will soon become popular; there is danger 

 that it will be taken up by institutions that desire to 

 keep themselves before the public and by localities 

 and states that desire to display their advantages. It 

 will be easy to marshal statements and arrange 

 figures, and particularly to omit facts, in such a way 

 as to make a most attractive showing. Even some 

 honest investigators will be likely to arrange the ma- 

 terial in such a way as to prove a point rather than to 

 state the facts, unless they are very much on their 



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