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its  apparatus  and  technique,  medicine  has  come  to  stand
in  the  eyes  of  all  as  a  servant  of  the  physical  welfare  of
mankind.  The  same  opinion  will  probably  be  ultimately
entertained  toward  the  science  of  psychology.  The  objection ­
  that  psychology  is  too  mechanical  and  disinterested
is  the  objection  brought  by  the  backward  ones  of  every
age  against  the  advance  of  science.  It  will  undoubtedly
be  commonly  recognized  in  time  that  the  entire  aim  of
employment  psychology  is  to  attain  the  viewpoint  of  the
applicant,  and  to  further  his  interests  by  selecting  him
for  the  work  which  he  is  best  able  to  do  and  at  which  he
will  be  of  greatest  value  to  society  and  to  himself.