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      Science Replies to Secretary Wallace's Article: 'The Scientist in an Unscientific Society'

      • By Chas. B. Davenport, Willis H. Whitney, Edwin G. Conklin, T. D. A. Cockerell, John C. Merriam, Chas. F. Kettering, C. G. Abbot on August 1, 1934
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