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WE are glad to read the letter in NATURE of March 19, under the above heading, from Dr. F. R. Moulton, Permanent Secretary of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. It need scarcely be said that the invitation from that body to the British Association to co-operate in forming the nucleus of a wider organization for this great object is engaging our earnest attention, and has already been brought to the notice of the Council of the British Association. We look forward to meeting Dr. Moulton and some of his colleagues this summer, to discussing the project with them, and to having them with us at our meeting in Cambridge. It may be added in regard to the last clause in Dr. Moulton's letter concerning the “planning of the necessary machinery”, that a scheme in rough outline has already been forwarded to him for informal comment, in the hope that it may prove possible, whether on the basis of that scheme or of some other, to lay practical proposals before the governing bodies of both Associations at an early date.
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BOSWELL, P., BROOKS, F. The Advancement of Science and Society. Nature 141, 557 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141557b0
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