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THE Statistical Society, which held its first meeting for the session 1870-71 on Tuesday, the 15th inst., had the claims of Science brought before it in a paper read to it by Dr. Guy, one of its vice-presidents. The paper was written with the practical aim of commending and furthering a scheme which the Statistical Society has set on foot, and in which it has invited the Institute of Actuaries, the Social Science Association, and several other scientific bodies, to participate. The object these societies have in view is to provide a common home in which they shall enjoy the advantage of fixity of tenure and the sense of permanence, with suitable and economical arrangements for carrying on their scientific work. They wish to provide for themselves a common theatre, convenient offices, spacious libraries, and—in the case of societies requiring moderate museum accommodation—museums. All this the societies aim at accomplishing within moderate limits and at a reasonable cost; for they feel very naturally that when the Government has made provision at Burlington House for six leading societies, and other institutions have provided their own isolated accommodation, there no longer remains any place or pretence for a large and comprehensive scientific centre. The building contemplated by the associated societies would have all the unity of character now practicable, if its principal tenants were to consist of societies having a common aim. Such an aim is to be found in the culture of the sciences now known as “social,” or societies which make man himself, as the unit of society, the object of their study.
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The Claims of Science . Nature 3, 61–62 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/003061a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/003061a0