โ Scribed by Armstrong, E. F.
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If thou wotiltist lie friiiioiis : and rich in splcndid Jmrc to blootii the Ilowcr of tliings nntl dig nmoiig I n t,licsc Iincs, it sccnis to IIIC, Ilcrcdith ltns cxprcsscd thc alplin nnd oincgn of tlic clicniist's work. Clicmists Iinvc progressed hitlicrto, nnd ivc slinll continuc to progress l~ecnusc our invcstigntions arc esscntinllg :iIiin to diggiiig niiiong the roots. Our work is ncccss:irily unsccii I I ~ t,hc nntion n t largc and tlicrcforc iiiinpprcciatctl. Conscqi~cntly it is only occtisionnlly, \vlicn tlic world lcnrns of this or tlint spccific nchicvcnicnt in clicinic~l intlustry or Iiy chcmicnl scicncc, tliiit tlic Ho\.crs of siicccss " arc pliiclrcd niid t h i often tlic credit of doing so is bcsto~vcd on othcr slioiiliIcrs tlian those of the nctiinl worker. Ol~vioiisly it. is not until our nchicvctiicnts, rcsulting froin long nnil pnticnt work first .. t . 1 ~ Inl~oratory, tlicn on tlic scini-tcclinicnl scrilc, and finnlly in nctiinl factory ~)rncticc, lcnd to t.lic production of iiintcrinls of dircct. vnluc to tlic piil~lic n t lnrgc tlint inoniiinents cnn IIC and are h i l t to lioiioiir tlic Inbours of tlic clicniist. Snch rwogiiitioii inust, conic long nftcr the wcnt : so, for csnnipIc, it is ody to-thy tlint the ivorld untlcrstnnds t lie siguificniicc of :ind cclcbrtitcs ccrtnin nnnics in timnexion wit11 thc product.ion of syntlictic dycs, of synt lictic driigs, o f nit rogcnous fcrtiliscrs from tlic iiir, to givc only :I fcw csniiq~ics. Ilriring t.11~ tiinc tlint tlic pnticnt. work of the cliciiiist, is going on in our niinicroiis Inborntorics :ind factories, s i i i i i o of 11s shoultl bc nctivcly seeking n iiicniis to ciisiirc ~nucli qiiickcr nppreciiitioii of his cfforts. Tlic rcnl rctiicdy is, Iiowcrcr, in niy opinion, to cnconrngc and to spccrl iq) the sprcnd of sciciitific ctliicnt.ion ninongst 1111 CI~PSCS. This to sonic cstcnt involvcs the I I ~C by the c~licinist of Inngiingc cnsilp nndcrstood by t.hc I:ipmnn
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valuable potential source of geriiianiuiii and gn~~iuni,..and there is little doubt, if t.Le iiccd arose, that by suitable aiid probably iiiinor alteratioiis in the working conditions, a niiiterial could be obtained whicli would be much richer in these nictals thiin anything hiDhcrt.0 examined. I t