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THE letter of Mr. Henderson Smith and Major A. G. Church in NATURE of July 28, p. 684, is most welcome as showing that scientific workers are at last beginning to realise that it is time for science to make itself felt, not only for the acquisition of knowledge and the improvement of machinery and production, but also for the establishment of a national and harmonious social order.

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DRYSDALE, C. Science and Civilisation. Nature 107, 715 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/107715d0

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