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definite agricultural problem. The distinction between pure 

 science and applied science is invidious. It is not a differ- 

 ence based upon the nature of the knowledge; rather upon 

 the motive of the worker. All true science is practical, 

 either remotely or directly, and the man of applied science is 

 but completing- the work of the pure scientist. Especially 

 does the future of plant pathology rest with both. 



