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that they themselves could have produced more work and 
better work if they had been given greater facilities. While 
fully accepting their contention that the research worker must 
ave a favourable environment there is a lurking suspicion in 
my own mind that men of their type sometimes do better 
work when they encounter difficulties and opposition than they 
would if they were pampered and encouraged 
does not matter if there be any truth in this idea, men of 
the type referred to, unfortunately are so rare that there is no 
need to legislate for them. When they do occur they are 
seldom amenable to the rules that apply to ordinary men and 
they will not fit in with any ready-made scheme that may be 
prepared. All that we can do is to be thankful that they do 
sometimes crop up. 
M1. There is next the highly skilled expert worker. His 
services can readily be obtained if we are prepared to pay the 
price for him and to provide him with facilities for his work. 
supply of such men you have only to ask Sir R. N. Mukerji or 
Sir J.D. Tata or the head of any large commercial under- 
taking. You will be told that for important work it pays to 
engage only the best men and to give them really attractive 
conditions of service. It is to the skilled research worker that we 
must look for the solution of the more difficult and complex 
problems of medical research. To secure his services and to 
get the best work out of him is simply a question of organ- 
isation such as is encountered every day by a large industrial 
concern. 
on the same lines. There are great possibilities in the organi- 
sation and encouragement of those: medical men who are 
interested in research, they are capable of turning out a great 
deal of valuable work and they will at the same time supply 
