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mainly upon the fund of accumulated knowledge and the vol- 

 ume of research. He adds: 



Indeed, it is safe to say that there is no field where larger gov- 

 ernment expenditures would produce as rich a return as greater 

 outlays on research — and also on the necessary foundations for 

 research, the education of a talented people. 



The Incentive 



I think these reasons, plus those put in terms of human 

 health, happiness, intellectual satisfactions, and fulfillment of 

 our seemingly unquenchable desire to know as much as we can 

 concerning the world around us and of our own destiny would 

 be sufficient to justify our concern over how we can best serve 

 the cause of research. We now have, however, another and 

 most forceful reason. For the first time in history we are con- 

 fronted with a dynamic civilization which has threatened to 

 become the technological equal of our own. And at the present 

 time, to use the words of Howard L. Bevis, "we have more 

 faith in the communists to work diligently for their goal of 

 world domination than we have in ourselves to work diligently 

 for our goal of world brotherhood." With this as our premise, 

 we must accept the fact that for an undetermined length of 

 time to come we are to be in direct competition with an oppos- 

 ing ideology and economy for the hearts and political allegiances 

 of men. This competition is to continue throughout a period 

 of extreme population growth in those countries which are 

 geographically most closely allied to our competition and which 

 now are experiencing a political and technological awakening. 

 We feel certain that moral right weighs most heavilv on our 

 side; there are some doubts that we will have sufficient eco- 

 nomic or military strength to defend it. 



I have heard it said that present generations of youth are 

 stagnating because they have no cause for which to work. I 



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