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and Siberia — a co-operatioii Avhich has been easily secured. I do not 

 wish to exaggerate the civilising value of scientific investigation, but 

 the great problems of creation link all humanity together, and it may 

 yet come to pass that when diplomacy fails— and it often comes 

 perilously near failure — it will fall to the men of science and learning 

 to preserve the peace of the world. 



[A. S.] 



