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A FORTNIGHT ago the British Association was in session at Cardiff, and men of science were engaged in making and discussing contributions to the world's store of natural knowledge. This week the Trades Union Congress meets at Portsmouth, and representatives of manual labour are asserting their industrial and political claims with no uncertain voice. The spirits of the two bodies are as the poles apart On one side we have the explorer, animated solely by zeal for discovery and eager to learn of new fields in which pioneers are prospecting: on the other we have workers seeking—no doubt reasonably in some cases—full rights and privileges for particular occupational interests, and aiming to Use these interests for political power.
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Science and Labour. Nature 106, 37–39 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/106037a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/106037a0