“We must rise to this great occasion, turning a frightful 
calamity into a lasting good. We are beginning late, but we may 
at least avoid the mistakes of those who blazed the trail. Our 
duty is clear: our great industries, primary and secondary, must 
be stimulated, advised and aided by scientific industrial research 
and by wise laws on a scale commensurate with their national 
importance and value.” 
Inaugural Speech—Right Hon. W. M. HUGHES, P.C., &c., 
First Chairman of the Advisory Council 
of Science and Industry. 
