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all, in the desire to discover the truth and 

 apply the consequences fearlessly to their 

 daily work. 



Nor is this all. No doubt the number of 

 men engaged in the application of science to 

 industry must increase, but if we are to reap 

 the full advantages science can give, steps 

 must be taken to ensure a wider appreciation 

 of the value of her gifts, the greatness of her 

 powers. 



Some knowledge of the meaning of ordin- 

 ary scientific terms, of the usual everyday 

 processes of Nature both chemical and bio- 

 logical, of the cause of the simple natural 

 phenomena, and of the general scope and 

 methods of scientific enquiry should be the 

 possession of each undergraduate before he 

 leaves Cambridge to take up his life work 

 elsewhere. "It is essential/' as Professor 

 Keeble writes in his contribution to the essays 



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