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SCIENTIFIC workers are adding here and there to human knowledge, and from time to time it is opportune to take stock in science, to ask whether the efforts are directed towards the best ends or whether we are largely chasing our own tails in working on details of established problems.
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THE SPIRITUAL VALUE OF RESEARCH. Nature 148, 669–670 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/148669a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/148669a0