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Show THE SERVICE OF SCIENCE It may seem strange that tho scientists sci-entists attending tho sixty sixth annual an-nual convention of the American association as-sociation for tho Advancement of Science Sci-ence should deem it necessary to la'; special stress upon tho practical value to tho public of the researches of tho scientist, their worth In dollars dol-lars and cents and In human safety and happiness to tho man In the street, as one of them phrased It. Yet It must bo acknowledged that, with a fow famous exceptions the workers In the field of science whose discoveries havo revolutionized nnd are revolutionizing conditions for ronnklnd, vjork and live and dlo In comparative obscurity; almost, so far as tho general public Is concerned, "unwept, unhonored nnd,,ijnsung." Theso-patient? and onth'uslastlc dolv. ers In research work arq too apt to bo dismissed .from populatthought with tho belittling designation of, "highbrows." Tho man In tho street does not understand or care t9 undor, stand Iho processes by which tho scientists wrest secret from nature, secrets thnt hae given us whatever SJr I of progress, comfort and convenience H wo enjoy, Tho desiro of tho conven. I tlon to impress the practical value 6t I sclenco upon tho public nt largo lV, I therefore, strango though It may n- H pear that It should "bo necessary: H natural enough and" entitled to recog I nltlon. Pittsburgh Dispatch. "' I |