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IN his presidential address “Industrial Progress, Whither and Why”, before the Birmingham Metallurgical Society on March 8, Mr. C. H. H. Franklin pointed out that we are living in an epoch of dynamic change, and that whether we evolve into the finest civilization humanity has known or relapse into barbarism comparable with the Dark Ages of Europe after the fall of Roman civilization, is the principal issue. He urged that the future of industry, as of nations and of men, is being decided on the fundamental issues of free mutual co-operation, versus exploitation and compulsion. The organization of an animal or human structure provides valuable clues to the organization of our communal life, and he stressed the necessity of developing a team spirit in our industries and the concept of service of human and social needs if we are to extirpate the cancerous growth at present spreading in Europe and Asia and threatening all humanity. We need also to develop the technique of generating appropriate financial. currents for human utility and service instead of its enslavement.
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A Dynamic Civilization. Nature 147, 801 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147801a0
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