… Just as we have got to learn what the capacities of Literature are as a profession, we still have to realize what publishing may be and what an immense power a Publisher might wield for good without the least neglect of business conditions1.
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Macmillan and the Scientists. Nature 224, 428–429 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/224428a0
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