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chances of cooperation so remote that it now seems wholly 

 desirable and indeed imperative to seek the establishment of 

 an American station, which, unlike the German station, shall 

 provide adequately not only for the study of the anthropoid 

 apes but for that of all of the lower primates. It should be the 

 function of such a station or research institute (1) to bring 

 together and correlate all the information at present available; 

 (2) to fill in existing gaps observationally and thus complete 

 and perfect our knowledge of these organisms; (3) to seek to 

 bring all available information to bear upon the problems of 

 human life. 



Hitherto the unsatisfactoriness of progress has been due to 

 the lack of a definite plan and program. Every investigator 

 has gone his own way, doing what little his personal means and 

 opportunity rendered possible. The time has at last come when 

 concerted action seems feasible as well as eminently desirable. 

 I am therefore offering a plan and program which, if wisely 

 developed, should lead ultimately to fairly complete and prac- 

 tically invaluable knowledge of the lives of all of the primates. 



There should be provided in a suitable locality a station or 

 research institute which should offer adequate facilities (1) for 

 the maintenance of various types of primate in normal, healthy 

 condition; (2) for the successful breeding and rearing of the 

 animals, generation after generation; (3) for systematic and 

 continuous observation under reasonably natural conditions; 

 (4) for experimental investigations -from every significant bio- 

 logical point of view; (5) for profitable cooperation with existing 

 biological institutes or departments of research throughout the 

 world. 



The station should be located in a region whose climate is 

 highly favorable to the life of many of the lower primates as 

 well as to that of man. Such a location is by no means easy 

 to find. Because of my intense interest in the subject, I have, 

 during the past five years, prospected in various parts of the 

 world for a satisfactory site. I shall now attempt to indicate 

 the chief requirements and also the foremost advantages and 

 disadvantages of several regions which have been considered. 



It is first of all requisite that the climate be such as to agree 

 with the organisms to be studied and such, also, as to render 

 their breeding normal and dependable. Second in importance 



