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gress, but are necessarily somewhat uneven, as some of the writers 

 have gone into the subject more thoroughly than others. The general 

 arrangement of the bibliographies is: 1. Historical books and stand- 

 ard works dealing with the subject. 2. General books for the whole 

 department. 3. Books for sections of departments. 



Appended also to the addresses of each department and sections 

 are resumes of the ten-minute addresses delivered by invitation at 

 the meeting of the department or section. Many of these papers are of 

 high value; but inasmuch as very few of them were written in accord 

 with the plan of the Congress, and with the main thought to be de- 

 veloped by the Congress, but deal rather with some interesting and 

 detached phase of the subject, it has been deemed best not to print 

 them in full, but to indicate in brief the subject and the treatment 

 given it by the writer. Those which do accord with the plan of the 

 Congress are given more extensive treatment. 



CONCLUSION 



What the results of the Congress will be; what influence it may 

 have; was it worth the work and cost, are questions often fairly asked. 



The lasting results and influences are of course problematical. 

 They depend upon the character and soundness of the addresses, and 

 whether the uniform strength of the publication will make the work 

 as a whole, what it undoubtedly is in parts, a source-book for the 

 future on the bases of scientific theory at the beginning of the twenti- 

 eth century, and a reliable sketch of the growth of science during the 

 nineteenth century. Critical study of the addresses will alone deter- 

 mine this, but from the favorable reception of those already pub- 

 lished in reviews,' and from editorial acquaintance with the others, 

 it seems assured. That portion of the section addresses which deals 

 with the inter-relations of science and demonstrates both its unity 

 and variety of processes is new and authoritative thought, and will be 

 the basis of much discussion and remodeling of theories in the future. 



The immediate results of the Congress are highly satisfactory, 

 and fully repay the work and the cost both from a scientific and an 

 exposition standpoint. As an acknowledgment of the prominence 

 of scientific methods, as a public recognition of the work of scientists, 

 as the means of bringing to one place the most noted assemblage of 

 thinkers the world has ever seen, as an opportunity for scholars to 

 meet and know each other better, the Congress was an unqualified 

 success and of enduring reputation. From the Exposition point of 

 view, it was equally a success; not financially, nor was there ever 

 a thought that it would be. Probably not more than seven thousand 

 persons outside of St. Louis came primarily to attend the Congress, 

 and their admission fees were a bagatelle; the revenue derived from 

 the sale of the Proceedings will not meet the cost of printing. There 



