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now considering we must in these countries in the future take 

 care of the " Good " man even if we allow the " Brilliant " man 

 to take care of himself. It is important to remember that the 

 great discoverer in science seldom benefits his own country any 

 more than he does other countries. His work is usually free 

 for any country to make use of, and the useful applications will 

 probably be made where there is the greatest number of more 

 plodding but quite competent workers. 



There is another direction in which it may be possible to 

 assist scientific research in our colleges. It is now generally 

 recognized, I think, that the duties of a university professor are 

 to teach his subject and to carry out research. Of course some 

 are better qualified for one class of work than for the other, but 

 it often happens that the man who is eager to devote his time 

 to research is burdened by a mass of routine teaching work. It 

 should be possible to arrange with college authorities that routine 

 teaching work should be made light in the case of men who have 

 fully proved their capacity for research. Obviously the problem 

 is not quite a simple one, but it may be possible to do something 

 towards its solution. 



I need not pursue the subject of research in pure science 

 fui-ther. Let us take an example or two of the class of work 

 being undertaken in connection with Industrial research. The 

 years before the war had seen the slow but certain exclusion of 

 earthenware and the cheaper kinds of bone china from the 

 markets of the world by the hard porcelain for domestic purposes, 

 manufactured chiefly in Germany and Austria. The Staffordshire 

 Pottery Manufacturers' Association placed their case before the 

 Advisory Council soon after its formation. They required no 

 convincing as to the necessity of scientific aid in their industry ; 

 something had to be done to save it. The public had apparently 

 decided they wanted this hard porcelain, and would have it again 

 as soon as it was available. It was necessary, therefore, to 

 experiment on the manufacture of a hard porcelain from British 

 materials so as to build up a new and probably more important 



