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WE have now completed our survey of the strategy and tactics of research in respect of the workers and organization required, and the broad objectives of programmes to serve the advance of science and the needs of the nation. We have now to view in conclusion, more from outside, the structure thus adumbrated; and to consider, not primarily the service to be rendered thus to the community, but the price that must be exacted from the community in order that such an organization may function effectively and render the services set forth. That support has two main aspects: financial and educational. Research in any field cannot be prosecuted effectively unless support is forthcoming on an adequate scale. Such support in turn is unlikely to be forthcoming unless the reasons for prosecuting research are adequately understood by the public; and once again, the case for research is unlikely to be presented effectively unless the possibilities are fully appreciated by the administrator, whether he be in Government service or in industry.
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Scientific and Industrial Research.—VI. Nature 154, 407–410 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154407a0
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