ABSTRACT
One who surveys, without prejudice, the academic life of the country in reference to scientific work will receive a deep impression of the energy and carefulness with which this enormous national machinery of education furthers the higher intellectual life. Science in America is not hampered by any lack of academic freedom. The American university lacks one of the most important forces of German universities – the Privatdocent, who lives only for science, and without compensation places his teaching abilities in the service of his own scientific development. Americans have always been greatly interested in expeditions to dangerous lands, wherefore many Americans have been pioneers, missionaries, and scientific travellers. The intellectual make-up of the American is especially adapted to scientific achievements. The American idea is that a scientific museum should not be a series of articles with their labels, but rather a series of instructive labels, illustrated by typical specimens.
