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Now once more Holland is in the grip of an enemy even more opposed to those ideals of freedom of conscience and of scientific inquiry than the one against whom the citizens of Leyden fought so bravely. The present professors and students of the University of Leyden, being men of independent spirit and worthy successors of their forebears of 1575, it is not surprising that they have come into conflict with the Nazi authorities temporarily in power in their country. The suppression of the University has been the consequence, and once more “all instruction of youth in the sciences and liberal arts is likely to come into entire oblivion”. This brief appreciation of one side of the University's work since its foundation may serve to express the regret which will be felt in all free and cultured countries at this further evidence of German barbarity.
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JACKSON, L. The University of Leyden: Contributions to Physics and Chemistry. Nature 147, 163–164 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147163a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/147163a0