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MAY I venture, as a citizen, to make an appeal to men of science and to urge that the time has come when they should no longer stand aside from the social and political questions that vex the world? Science is itself dependent upon favourable social conditions: that these conditions can abruptly cease has been clearly shown in the case of Russia. Scientific workers have therefore the strongest class interest in the social conditions under which they live. They have, however, more than a class interest. Science has made civilisation possible for mankind. It must now provide civilisation with that authority the lack of which is causing such waste of human energy to-day. Men of science alone have the power; they alone are above suspicion.
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MARDEN, B. Science and Civilisation. Nature 107, 623 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/107623b0
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