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Doctrine of Evolution." It is a much less 

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A Science Minister for England. — There 

 is an agitation now going on in England for 

 the appointment of a responsible govern- 

 ment minister, whose duty it shall be to 

 look after the interests of science and sci- 

 entific research and education, and to take 

 charge of the scientific institutions of the 

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