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WHAT Mr. J. Y. Buchanan says (p. 293) about the French Academy is to me much more wonderful than the revelations of radium. It appears that there is a happy land close by where a scientific man of recognised standing can indulge in the luxury of original research, and then send in an account of his work, not to have it rejected by the opinion of, say, a couple of fellow-men, but actually to have it published as a right! This seems impossible. It is the encouragement of original research. Perhaps it is hopeless to expect such freedom in this stick-in-the-mud country, which is so much in love with tradition and antiquated forms. Without any desire to be “contumelious,” I would say that our Royal Society reminds me of the House of Lords in many respects.
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HEAVISIDE, O. The French Academy. Nature 69, 317 (1904). https://doi.org/10.1038/069317f0
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