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tive the relation of pure science to applied 

 science, " the worker in pure science dis- 

 covers, his fellow in applied science utilises/' 

 teems with illustrations: let me remind you 

 of one or two. 



Faraday, when he succeeded in making a 

 wire carrying a current move when in a mag- 

 netic field, had no thought of the applications 

 of electro-magnetism to-day, and the question 

 of a visitor, "Tell me, Professor Faraday, and 

 of what use is this new discovery/' led to the 

 well-known answer, "Sir, of what use is the 

 new-born child?" 



The Rontgen rays, as Professor Thomson 

 has recently pointed out, were studied first as 

 one means whereby we might hope to learn 

 something of the nature of electricity. They 

 are now the surgeon's trusted guide, telling 

 him how to direct his knife and restore his 

 patient to health and strength. Pasteur's 



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