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IN view of the proceedings at the recent third International Conference, of which the Acta are printed on another page, there can be little doubt that the ultimate execution of this important enterprise is now assured. Prior to the meeting, some of us, perhaps, vaguely feared that the foreign delegates would come prepared to suggest all sorts of difficulties, if not to announce the unwillingness of the countries they represented to take any part in the work; but nothing of the kind occurred: all came bent on securing success; not a word was uttered in depreciation of any of the proposals brought under consideration; and all present may be said to have taken an enthusiastic interest in carrying the proceedings to a satisfactory issue. Every one was of opinion that if a fair beginning can once be made, the importance of the work is so great; it will be of such use to scientific workers at large; that it will rapidly grow in favour and soon secure that wide support which is not yet given to it simply because its character and value are but imperfectly understood. Therefore, all were anxious that a beginning should be made.
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A., H. The International Catalogue of Scientific Literature . Nature 62, 197 (1900). https://doi.org/10.1038/062197a0
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