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the individual in choosing a vocation than to point out the direc- 
tion in which it appears his nature will block the way with least 
physical and mental and temperamental handicaps. He may 
have sufficient unmeasurable will power, or tenacity, or grit to 
succeed though he goes into a vocation for which he seems least 
fitted, but he can hardly succeed so well. 
Finally, it may be said that the thing which holds out the 
most promise for the actual realization of the vocational psychol- 
ogist’s dream is the increasing establishment in educational insti- 
tutions of a personnel bureau, corresponding to a similar bureau 
in the Army. This will give vocational guidance an official 
standing, and all the means and methods available will be laid 
hold of and be turned to account or thrown overboard. The 
bureau will make use not only of the technique at hand, but 
^^will initiate and encourage research” to the end that trade 
(vocational) tests may be adapted and invented, the general 
intelligence tests ^^be expanded and improved,” and other 
things be done that through vocational guidance “the pupil 
(and the student) may be helped to discover his own capacities, 
aptitudes, and interests, may learn about the character and 
conditions of occupational life, and may himself arrive at an 
intelligent vocational decision.” 
