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THE spirited address in defence of modern youth which Lord Tweedsmur delivered on his installation as chancellor of the University of Edinburgh in July last has much to commend it to the attention of scientific workers. In describing the functions of a university, he added one more to the many voices warning us to-day that we must zealously defend the freedom and the integrity of our thought, boldly facing new conditions, ready to meet every problem, shirking no difficulty, but rigid in our fidelity to the laws which govern our intellectual being.
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The Scientific Approach to Modern Life. Nature 142, 971–972 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142971a0
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