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dike's notion of " ten thousand " possible di- 

 rections of activity is pure illusion. 



The relations of pure and applied science — 

 not that I like those terms — are extraor- 

 dinarily complex. No one, so far as I know, 

 has ever worked them out with the fulness 

 the subject deserves. It lies on the surface, 

 however, that applied science furnishes its 

 counterpart with a vast number of appliances 

 and procedures which represent standardiza- 

 tions and short-cuts of method, and that pure 

 science on its side furnishes applied science 

 with ideas. If anyone doubts the latter part 

 of this statement, I refer him to the address 

 by my colleague. Professor Nichols, printed in 

 Science of January 1, 1909. There are, in 

 point of fact, all manner of mutual depend- 

 ences and mutual relations, and there is no 

 clean-cut antithesis of conscience and em- 

 ployer. 



I believe very strenuously in pure science. 

 But I think I see that there is no end of 

 work to be done on both sides of the line 

 that Professor Thorndike draws. I wish him 

 more power to his elbow; and I wish him 

 graduate students as talented, ingenious, 

 adaptable and persistent as our colleges can 

 provide. Only I think it foolish to tell these 

 students how superior they are to their fellow- 

 students in the other field: because — apart 

 from the question of fact — they will do better 

 work in a spirit of htunility. Surely there is 

 enough downright, sweating labor for all of 

 us, and surely it is waste of time to argue 

 about priority of talent. 



E. B. TiTCHENER 

 THE PUBLICATION OF ISIS 



To THE Editor of Science : The publication 

 of Isis, an international quarterly devoted to 

 the history and philosophy of science, was 

 brutally interrupted in 1914 by the German 

 invasion of Belgium. As I have no direct way 

 of reaching all those who at that time had sub- 

 scribed to Volumes II. and III., I would be 

 grateful to you if you would kindly insert this 

 account of the future projects of the journal. 



The sixth part of Isis was in the press in 

 Brussels when war broke out. It will appear 



as soon as circumstances permit, but I fear 

 this will not be until next autumn. The pub- 

 lication of Volume III., however, will take 

 place soon after, perhaps in 1919, but at the 

 latest in the early part of 1920. The under- 

 taking in its original form met with encourag- 

 ing support from many quarters; I may be 

 permitted to mention for example that it is for 

 my work in connection with it that the Prix 

 Binoux was awarded to me by the Academic 

 des Sciences of Paris in December, 1915. Yet 

 after four years of work and thought the weak- 

 nesses of Isis are very obvious to me and I 

 shall endeavor to correct them. Of course, the 

 latter part of Volume II., as well as Volume 

 III., wtich had already been prepared for pub- 

 lication in 1914, will not greatly differ from 

 Volume I. But from Volume IV. onward con- 

 siderable changes will be made. It is my am- 

 bition to make Isis the main center of informa- 

 tion in all matters pertaining to the history 

 and philosoiphy of science and the international 

 organ of New Humanisra.^ 

 ; Some of the features which I propose to 

 introduce are as follows: 



; Instead of publishing in four langnaages an 

 jeffort w'ill be made to use only French and 

 English — chiefly, and perhaps exclusively, the 

 latter. Articles written in other languages vrill 

 be translated into English. More illustrations 

 .will be added and will consist mainly of por- 

 traits, facsimiles of manuscripts and of rare 

 ibooks. The bibliographical section will con- 

 tain a larger number of short critical notes. 

 Moreover, from Volume III. or IV. onward I 

 hope to share the editorial responsibilities with 

 .other scientists, chiefly with Dr. Charles 

 Singer, of Exeter College, Oxford, who is 

 ,known as a historian of medicine and a 

 medieval scholar. 



The new Isis will only publish shorter ar- 

 ticles. The longer and more monographic ones 

 would be included in Singer's Studies in the 



1 Those who are not already acquainted with 

 this movement to hnmianize science and to show its 

 relationship to all other aspects of human life and 

 thought, will find an explanation of it in Sdentia, 

 Bologna, March, 1918, cr in the Scientific Monthly, 

 New York, September, 1918. 



