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IT cannot be gainsaid that the inhabitants of England, and of London in particular, are prone to assume an air of superiority over visiting representatives of the Dominions, even when the latter are themselves engaged in the task of building up new universities at the outposts of the British Empire. Necessarily the Empire must have a centre, which can only be London, but acceptance of this postulate does not preclude first-class work on a particular subject being carried out at a university thousands of miles away. It is only required to mention the names of Rutherford and Soddy in connexion with McGill University to establish this point. Whilst it is desirable and indeed excellent to have a cultural centre for the Empire, it would be disastrous if the advantages of proximity to it had the effect of making the foremost teachers, old and young, reluctant to work at the circumference, where there is much educational work of the highest importance to be done.
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Science and Service in Universities Overseas. Nature 131, 377–380 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131377a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/131377a0