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CAN we reduce to the certainty of numbers the amount of interest taken in England in the advance of science? How many are there devoted to its pursuit? How many sufficiently concerned in its progress, as to be willing to make some sacrifices for its promotion? Interested in the results of science, ready to grasp its countless benefits, eager to catch its earliest gifts, we all are; but how many love science for its own sake, and are actively engaged in cultivating and promoting it? Are there not very many in this sordid age ready to exclaim with D'Ailly—
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LEVI, L. A Scientific Census . Nature 1, 99–100 (1869). https://doi.org/10.1038/001099a0
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