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money and labour expended ; and no sound argument 

 can be adduced why investigators should not be 

 adequately recompenced. The genius alone of a 

 discoverer should be rewarded by fame, and his time, 

 labour, and expenditure, in accordance with his 

 professional reputation, be repaid by money, as 

 in all other intellectual occupations. The same 

 amount of time and labour expended in any ordinary 

 profession, requiring an equal, or even less amount of 

 preparatory education and experience, and less rare 

 ability, would yield an income of several thousand 

 pounds a year. Although the lives of a few eminent 

 discoverers have proved that it has been possible for 

 them to do a considerable amount of research under 

 the conditions which have existed, that is no reason 

 why they should not be remunerated. Previous suc- 

 cess in research has been due to the unusually great 

 perseverance, industry, and self-denial of the men, and 

 but little to any pecuniary encouragement received. 

 The fewness of such men, supports this view of the 

 case. The plan of aiding research by grants which 

 include no certain payment for time or labour, is 

 quite incommensurate with the importance of the 

 subject and entirely unworthy of the reputation of a 

 great nation. 



6tk. Students pursuing Research at the Universities. 

 In the German Universities each student is required 

 to make an original research before he can obtain a 

 degree in Science, and the plan has worked success- 

 fully ; also in the Victoria University, Manchester, 



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