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THE latter part of Dr. Martin's address is devoted to the wider questions of the post-war responsibilities of the Association of Applied Biologists, particularly in presenting a common front with other scientific men to guide the application of science. Science, he said, must protect itself from exploitation and must also accept responsibility not only in safeguarding humanity against such misuse, but also in ensuring that mankind shall profit to the full by the impact of science. In furtherance of this, Dr. Martin suggested subdivision of the Society not on a geographical but on a subject basis, each subject group dealing with the applied aspects of one particular branch of biology. The subject groups would then serve to link together all biological sciences in an organization capable of exerting a unified pressure, yet bound not by rigid rule or order but by common interests and responsibilities. He believes such a method would provide for collaboration with the academic societies without necessitating the segregation of non-pathological members of the Association in accordance with W. C. Moore's suggestion to the British Myco-logical Society. Moreover, it could also be made to serve the unification of science by counterbalancing the economic tendency of the larger publishing societies to lose contact.
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Responsibilities of Scientific Societies. Nature 152, 533 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152533a0
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