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Sir William Bragg, O.M, K.B.E., P.R.S. IF we assume the truth of the statement at the head of the editorial discussion of the social relations of science, we must conclude that the proposal to form a society for the study of those relations is entirely reasonable; and the statement is obviously true. The rapid and persistent growth of natural knowledge is something new in the history of the world. Its effects are very great, and there is, as yet, no organized attempt to correlate them. Attention is directed, now here, now there, to some remarkable consequence of the movement, sometimes with pride or gratitude, sometimes in fear. Both pride and fear are often mistaken. There is, in fact, much to be studied, and a society that sets about the task will probably arrive at results that will be interesting, and will be well worth the trouble taken to obtain them.
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Representative Opinions. Nature 141, 725 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141725a0
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