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THE present time is. exhibiting none other than a break in the continuity of civilisation. No longer must the production and recognition of supermen be left to chance, since unusual genius, in whatever quarter it may be found, must have a field provided for its activities if our place as a leading nation has to be maintained. It is the province of higher education to discover this genius, a province, which, owing to haphazard evolution, is largely at the mercy oi the dilettante, and, as a consequence, not yet in a condition to evolve those power stations of mind without which the necessary creative atmosphere remains ungenerated. The practical results of the German system of higher education have been the creation and development of key industries wherever possible, these ensuring an industrial system which afforded the security of continuous employment of an extremely varied character. This conferred a measure of national stability which was stout enough to defy the whole world for four years, and, but for lack of psychological balance, might have retired the actual winner of an apparently drawn battle.
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HODGSON, H. Research in the Scheme of Higher Education. Nature 111, 343 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111343a0
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