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SCIENCE. 



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only themselves do the best work in their 

 power, but they will help others and will 

 seek to make straight the way along which 

 science must advance. 



Our various scientific institutions should 

 have the sincere support of all men of sci- 

 ence. If our scientific journals seem less 

 strong than those of Europe, this is not 

 a reason for neglecting them, but rather for 

 doing our utmost in their support. If our 

 universities accomplish less original re- 

 search than those of Germany, this should 

 lead each to devote his best energy 

 to research, not forgetting to advocate in 

 season and out of season the truth that re- 

 search is the essence of the university. If 

 our National Academy of Sciences seems 

 less active and influential than the Paris 

 AcademjT^, this is a reason for taking 

 greater interest in its proceedings. If 

 the American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science does not accomplish as 

 important work as the British Association, 

 this is a reason for attending the present 

 meeting. 



Such institutions are essential for science, 

 and those who do not aid in their support 

 are parasites in the body politic. They are 

 essential in part as connecting links between 

 the man of science in his workshop and 

 the intelligent public outside. Investiga- 

 tions require money ; this will be forthcom- 

 ing from the Nation, from the State and 

 from the man of wealth if the needs and im- 

 portance of science be brought into notice, 

 but not otherwise. More than money, sci- 

 ence requires recruits. The best ability of 

 the younger men is needed and should be 

 obtained. We must not depend on in-breed- 

 ing, but should draw from the widest field. 



Our scientific institutions are not only 

 essential in order to keep science in connec- 

 tion with the outside world, but also to hold 

 men of science in touch with each other. 

 Specialization must not be carried so far 

 that the final unity of science is forgotten, 

 and men of science must not lose the stim- 

 ulus of communication and personal con- 

 tact. For, as Professor Newcomb wrote in 

 his introduction to the new series of this 

 Journal, '' The experience of centuries 

 shows that great successes in advancing 

 scientific knowledge cannot be expected 

 even from the most gifted men so long as 

 they remain isolated." 



In order to do the best we can for science 

 in America our duties are many and are 

 often difllcult and conflicting. But at the 

 present moment the next step should be 

 in the direction of Bufialo. The decennial 

 meetings in that city have hitherto been 

 successful, both from a scientific and from a 

 social point of view. If all those will attend 

 next week who have at some time proposed 

 to do so, or who would if it were not for 

 relatively slight obstacles, the meeting can 

 be made the most important in the history 

 of the Association. 



ZOOLOGY AS A FACTOR IN MENTAL CUL- 

 TURE* 



It is not my purpose at the beginning of 

 this address to weary you with apologies. I 



*An address delivered before the department of 

 Natural Science Instruction of the National Educa- 

 tional Association, July 10, 1896. 



President David Starr Jordan, of Stanford Uni- 

 versity, expected to discuss the subject of this paper 

 before the Association, but his absence on the com- 

 mission to investigate the seals in the Alaskan waters 

 prevented him from preparing the paper and from 

 being present at the meeting. The writer was solic- 

 ited to fill the gap a few days before the meeting. 



