98 J. J. STEVENSON — OUR SOCIETY 



Men are ignorant of their debt to closet workers because tlie facts have 

 never been presented. As geologists and as citizens of no mean coun- 

 tries we ought to present tliis matter clearl}' to men whose fortunes have 

 come tlirough application of princi])les discovered by obscure workers. 

 Such men are quick to perceive the justice of the claim and usually are 

 ready to pay a reasonable interest on the debt. 



The world must advance or retrograde ; it cannot stand still. Con- 

 tinued advance in physical comfort and intellectual power can come 

 only through intenser application to investigation along the lines of pure 

 science, which can be made possible only by affording increased oppor- 

 tunities for research in our colleges and the expansion of research funds 

 held by societies such as this. 



