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ON May 5, the president-elect of the University of Texas, Dr. H. P. Rainey, formally dedicated the McDonald Observatory and declared it open for research “as an enduring symbol of the insatiable desire of man to discover the secrets of the universe and as a symbol of the freedom of man's mind to explore the boundless areas of truth without any restrictions whatsoever”.
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STRUVE, O. The McDonald Observatory, Fort Davis, Texas. Nature 144, 136–138 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144136a0
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