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I IMAGINE that no journal has ever published even an approach to so wonderful a supplement as that to NATURE of Oct. 24 on “The Evolution of the Universe”. The transcendental discussion reported is the more remarkable, as it is held at a time when ordinary folk are beginning to think that there may be difficulty in living much longer, in passable comfort, upon the pimple we are privileged to inhabit and are doing so much to spoil. From beginning to end, however, the British Association proceedings were Neroic: little effort was made by anyone to pay serious attention to our present earthly situation or to consider how we are to get out of the muddle ‘science’ has created. Pity 'tis that Sir Arthur Eddington did not “'eave'is 'arf a brick” to this end. A century of science seems to have brought us to a wonderful understanding of things that do not matter, whilst ‘laming us’ little that will help to fill our bellies and suffer one another with equanimity, let alone gladly and with Christian amity.
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ARMSTRONG, H. Cosmic Evolution and Earthly Needs. Nature 128, 761 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128761b0
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