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WE do not think it possible to estimate too highly the value of Lord Derby's address last Friday at Edinburgh, and his statements as to the rapidly widening fields of science and the increasing value of the results of scientific research. We shall simply content ourselves with quoting the very remarkable views he put forth as to the duty of the State with regard to the encouragement of research, views which, when we consider the character of the speaker and his official position, must be regarded as of the greatest significance. After speaking of the all-absorbing nature of scientific research, of the necessity of complete devotion to a special department in order to achieve success, and of the “worldwide benefit” of scientific results, Lord Derby said:—
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Lord Derby on the Endowment of Scientific Research . Nature 13, 141–142 (1875). https://doi.org/10.1038/013141a0
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