October 31, 1902.] 



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of study, be able to 'work up' interesting 

 and valuable material collected during his 

 isolation, but he would enjoy a much- 

 needed and revivifying change of scene 

 and association, and the advantages gained 

 by him would be of direct value to his col- 

 lege, to his students, and to the general 

 education of the country. At the same 

 time, he could count upon fourteen months 

 for research. 



Should such a plan meet with approval, 

 it would perhaps not be unreasonable to 

 ask the prominent and more wealthy uni- 

 versities to establish free Carnegie fellow- 

 ships, thus relieving the men in question 

 from the payment of tuition, laboratory 

 fees, etc. 



Ch. Waedell Stiles. 

 U. S. Public Health and Marine-Hospital 



Sebvice. 



There are two points not yet brought out 

 in the discussion: (1) The stamp of ap- 

 proval of the Carnegie Institution is likely 

 to act as a patent of nobility and to make 

 certain lines of research creditable, that is, 

 acceptable to authorities who are influenced, 

 not infrequently, by what 'is made in Ger- 

 many.' (2) The most 'conspicuous waste' 

 to-day is that of the man who might he the 

 'exceptional man' if he and his parents 

 before him had lived up to the possibilities 

 of perfect manhood which scientific knowl- 

 edge now offers to those who value it enough 

 to work as steadily to attain it as the busi- 

 ness man does to gain the power to build a 

 palace. 



It is not enough to attain to great ad- 

 ministrative ability, control over other men. 

 The exceptional man now in demand is the 

 one most ethically efficient as a man among 

 men, as an exponent of what the human 

 race is capable. 



That is the kind of man it is the noblest 

 privilege of mankind to study: that is the 

 new humanities. 



Two years of time in the secondary school 

 and one year of time in college might be 

 saved to at least one third the students in 

 the country if they understood human 

 cekology— the science of right living. 



Dr. Sternberg's closing paragraph indi- 

 cates one of the directions in which help 

 must come, but there is needed a philo- 

 sophical basis for the improvement of the 

 race before the work will proceed far. 

 E. H. Richards. 



Laboratoky of Sanitary Chemistry, 

 Mass. Institute of Technology. 



In response to an invitation from the 

 editor of Science to express my views on 

 the question how can the Carnegie Institu- 

 tion best advance science, I would repeat 

 substantially the terms of the deed of trust : 

 By sustaining original research, by up- 

 holding exceptional men, by increasing 

 facilities for higher education, by cooperat- 

 ing with existing institutions, by promoting 

 prompt publication ; and by doing all these 

 things on a business basis. 



Though not expressed in the deed of 

 trust, the last clause is sufficiently implied 

 by the character of the donor, and it states 

 a consideration which must control any 

 action of the trustees. It is here em- 

 phasized because it serves to explain, to 

 the writer at least, some of the differences 

 of opinion which have recently been pub- 

 lished. 



To conduct research on a business basis 

 is difficult, and, if the experience of the 

 U. S. Geological Survey be a safe guide, 

 requires the application of certain prin- 

 ciples, which, though commonly recognized, 

 have not always been applied in profes- 

 sional work. The first: Authority and 

 responsibility are inseparable, is so familiar 

 and fundamental as scarcely to need state- 

 ment; but in practice it often requires 

 subordination of one individual to another 

 in a manner antagonistic to scientific inde- 



