Although these two researches are con- 

 ducted in exactly the same manner, the one 

 nevertheless comes under the head of indus- 

 trial research and the other belongs to the 

 domain of pure science. In the last anal- 

 ysis the distinction between pure scientific 

 research and industrial scientific research 

 is one of motive. Industrial research is al- 

 ways conducted with the purpose of accom- 

 plishing some utilitarian end. Pure scien- 

 tific research is conducted with a philo- 

 sophic purpose, for the discovery of truth, 

 and for the advancement of the boundaries 

 of human knowledge. 



The investigator in pure science may be 

 likened to the explorer who discovers new 

 continents or islands or hitherto unknown 

 territory. He is continually seeking to ex- 

 tend the boundaries of knowledge. 



The investigator in industrial research 

 may be compared to the pioneers who 

 survey the newly discovered territory in the 

 endeavor to locate its mineral resources, 

 determine the extent of its forests, and the 

 location of its arable land, and who in other 

 ways precede the settlers and prepare for 

 their occupation of the new country. 



The work of the pure scientists is con- 

 ducted without any utilitarian motive, for, 

 as Huxley says, "that which stirs their 

 pulses is the love of knowledge and the joy 

 of discovery of the causes of things sung 

 by the old poet the supreme delight of ex- 

 tending the realm of law and order ever 

 farther towards the unattainable goals of 

 the infinitely great and the infinitely small, 

 between which our little race of life is 

 run." "While a single discovery in pure 

 science when considered with reference to 



