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John Cunningham McLennan - We don't want support for...
We don't want support for scientific research just to keep scientists busy: we want scientists to be looked upon by the public as people who can do things for them that they can't do themselves. (John Cunningham McLennan)

We don't want support for scientific research just to keep scientists busy: we want scientists to be looked upon by the public as people who can do things for them that they can't do themselves.

John Cunningham McLennan

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