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THE subjoined letter from the Earl of Crawford appeared in Monday's Times. The parsimony of the Government in everything relating to the scientific work needed for the State service is well known; what is not yet known generally is how much the administration is weakened by the entire absence of science, and therefore of the scientific spirit, in the higher ranks of the Civil Service, and especially of the Treasury. The official action described by Lord Crawford is another indication of the inability of the official mind to understand that science has any place in the nation's activities.
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CRAWFORD The Treasury and Men of Science . Nature 73, 9–10 (1905). https://doi.org/10.1038/073009a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/073009a0