object of a nation should not be only to increase 
the aggregate wealth but it should increase the 
general happiness. 
EXTRACT FROM “ JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY, 
1907,” no. i, 
“But above all intellectual economics should 
not escape recognition. The intellectual wealth 
of the nation is its greatest wealth. The con¬ 
tribution which intellectuality has made to the 
present material prosperity even if we weigh 
nothing higher is perhaps its greatest contribu¬ 
tion. Large as are our native resources they 
would yield a relatively small return to our 
people were it not for that acute mental 
activity, that signal intellectual power and that 
abounding sagacity which so distinctly charac¬ 
terize the present industrial evolution. This 
intellectuality lies not so much in the mere 
possession of technical knowledge as of insight, 
constructive genius, and aggressive mental 
energy ; and these are fostered more effectually 
perhaps by the influence of independent original 
research, by the modes of thought and the 
spirit of investigation than by any other single 
agency. 
By as much as these intellectual possessions 
are our greatest assets by so much a failure to 
promote them in the most effective manner be 
the greatest of economic shortcomings whether 
on the part of an official organization or of a 
University. 
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