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IN so far as science is organized knowledge, it is a reasonable assumption that it could best be attained by -the organization of scientific workers for particular purposes. Such a view has received tardy recognition in Great Britain, where faith has rested upon individual effort unhampered by official allegiances (it has been nobly rewarded for its trust), and where State-controlled scientific research is still looked upon by many with a modicum of distrust. Indeed as regards the biological sciences, the influence of the State has made itself increasingly felt in directing scientific investigation only in recent years, through the creation of such bodies as the Medical Research Council, the Development Commission and the Agricultural Research Council, and there the touch-stone has been the benefit of the people through researches directly or indirectly of economic importance.
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The State and Wild Life. Nature 141, 805–806 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141805a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/141805a0