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DURING the twenty years of its existence as an independent republic, Poland, like Czechoslovakia, fostered science and learning in a manner which gained the admiration of the whole civilized world. Its President, Prof. Ignacy Mościcki, was a distinguished chemist, and many other men of science took leading roles in the country's affairs and were able to ensure that education, science and culture were not neglected. There were thus very flourishing universities at Warsaw, Cracow, Lwów, Poznań, Vilno and Lublin. Almost every important town had its polytechnic high-school and thero were special colleges and institutes connected with agriculture (Warsaw, Pulawy and Bydgoszcz), mining (Cracow) and veterinary science (Lwów), in addition to various scientific academies and societies in different centres.
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The Fourth Partition of Poland. Nature 144, 579–580 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144579c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/144579c0