20 The Higher Usefulness of Science 



getting together is possible; that its own triumph de- 

 mands the utter subjugation of the other side. The 

 misery that human-kind has brought upon itself 

 through the false theory that success is attainable only 

 by the complete overthrow of an adversary ! 



But it is undoubtedly true that in the two great 

 realms of sociology and medicine, the enormous activity 

 of recent decades is resulting, however vaguely the 

 fact may be recognized, in breaking down the imper- 

 meable bulkhead that has so long separated theories of 

 man's spiritual being from theories of his physical 

 being. 



That manufacture, trade, finance, and industrial and 

 political organization, sanitation and criminology, are 

 intrinsically physical no one can refute; yet the occa- 

 sional excursions I have made into these fields convince 

 me of a growing recognition among leaders, that no 

 matter how severely material any particular problem 

 may be, rational, moral, esthetic, and religious elements 

 are always present and demand consideration. I am 

 quite sure all economic theory to-day is seeing the 

 inevitability and power of ethical factors far more 

 than formerly. 



In medicine, too, there is growing recognition that 

 attention to physical matters alone can not reach the 

 highest success in the actual task of restoring sick 

 men and women to health, and keeping them healthy. 

 No successful physician, I believe, wholly ignores the 

 psychical element in his patient, however scantily his 



