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control of men who are able and, above all, have the will to look beyond 
the present, and thus make possible the accomplishment of investiga- 
tions which in years to come will reflect credit not only on the investi- 
gator, but on the institution with which he was connected. 
Now, as to the future of our science. I do not believe we are to fall 
into a decline, but rather the reverse. But there is one point which I 
would impress upon all, and that is this: He who brings to light a new 
fact, whether it be in field or laboratory, has erected a monument for 
himself that will live as long as science itself. Go into the fields and 
work out the development of a single species, carefully and well, and 
record your observations faithfully and honestly, and you will leave 
the world that much better than you have found it, and your work will 
live on and command respect long after you have passed away. Here, 
it seems to me, the economic entomologist has an advantage. The very 
nature of his work compels him to study life, and it will be strange 
indeed if the study of life in insects does not throw light upon the 
problem of life in general. I believe we need not go out of our own 
domain to wrestle with the foremost biological problems of the day. 
Not only this, but our work actually demands that we do so, and find 
out the relation which one organism sustains to another, and this to 
the third. The first step in eccnomic work is to learn the habits of the 
Species with which we are dealing. ‘This is a bridge, precisely like the 
one that I previously mentioned, and must be built strongly and well 
before the husbandman is to derive any benefit from our work. Thus 
we Shall be driven into the very field where we shall be able to do the 
best work and accomplish the greatest good. There is one very dis- 
couraging element in our American civilization which does not seem 
to me to appear in that of the older countries, and that is the universal 
desire and expec ation of immediate results. Here, in America, if an 
investigator can not take up a problem and soon after begin to publish 
results, we become restless, lose faith in him, and ere long attempt to 
displace him. In other and older countries he may disappear entirely 
and remain so until he has not only found out something, but has 
proved it again and again. Our people need educating in this sort of 
patience, because many of the institutions with which we are connected 
are very sensitive to public opinion, especially during the time that 
State legislatures are in session. 
J have occasionally referred to our fellow-workers in England, Ger- 
many, France, Italy, and elsewhere in complimentary terms, because 
their civilization is older, stronger, and better established than ours, 
and not patronizingly or because I see in them anything to idolize; 
but rather as a younger worker will look upon an older and more experi- 
enced one, with a determination to profit alike by his mistakes, failures, 
and successes, and outdo him whenever and wherever it 1s possible. 
I can see that within the last fifteen years public opinion in regard 
to us and our work has been changing for the better, and I expect this 
