Papers in the Biological Sciences
Date of this Version
1913
Citation
Science, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 940 (Jan. 3, 1913), pp. 1-13
Abstract
When one who has worked long in any
field of science speaks before an audience
such as this he is expected to say something
about the condition of his branch of science
when he began work with meager and
poorly adapted apparatus, to contrast it
with its greatly improved condition to-day,
and to dwell with pride upon the finely
equipped laboratories with costly apparatus
especially designed for particular
experiments, to be found by the twentieth
century scientific student. And 1 must
confess that the temptation to do so was
one difficult to resist, for we who have
grown old in years are fain to dwell upon
the days of long ago with the garrulity
which comes with gray beads and withering
muscles. It has seemed to me wiser, however,
that this evening we should look into
the future rather than into the past, for in
that direction lies the possibility of progress,
and it is of progress that I wish to
speak.
Comments
Copyright 1913 Charles E. Bessey