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AT a time when plans of reconstruction are being everywhere projected, it was fitting that Sir Henry Dale, in his presidential address to the Royal Society (see NATURE, December 4, p. 649), should put in a claim for more adequate and dignified accommodation for science. Men of science do not require to be told how meanly housed are many of the scientific societies in Great Britain ; they can be forgiven a feeling of envy towards their colleagues in other lands where science has been made to enjoy an honoured place in the scheme of national life. It is pertinent to inquire why this should be. We believe that the real root of the matter is that false philosophy which refuses to regard science as a normal way of life in a modern community. To say this does not mean that we claim priority treatment for science ; we demand no more than a recognition of the debt which any modern State owes to scientific endeavour.
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THE HOUSING OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. Nature 152, 703–704 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152703a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/152703a0