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MR. BASSET'S letter (p. 437) is of importance in giving authoritative evidence of what goes on behind the scenes. It was only a matter of suspicion with me that the benevolent rejectors sometimes knew even less about the subjects of the papers than the authors themselves. But the remedy proposed by Mr. Basset is, I fear, a very unsatisfactory one. Just the same sort of thing can and does occur elsewhere. The only right and proper course seems to be that indicated by Mr. Buchanan. It would be enormously to the advantage of an old-established institution, and to its members, even though there might sometimes be some counteraction by the admission of poor matter. But it is not necessary to repeat here Mr. Buchanan's argument, which was very strong and full of common sense.
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HEAVISIDE, O. Learned and Unlearned Societies. Nature 69, 464 (1904). https://doi.org/10.1038/069464a0
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