Science in Public Affairs 



world phenomenon, a universal brotherhood. It 

 is a real fraternity in which the individual members 

 and the several groups are linked together by a 

 highly-organised system of inter-communications, 

 by common aims and purposes, by a common 

 method of thought and observation, by a common 

 symbolism and system of formulae, by common 

 beliefs about the world and men's place therein. 

 To imagine the resources of geographical science we 

 must think not only of its accumulated documents, 

 instruments, and aptitudes, but also in a still higher 

 degree of the spiritual forces that pervade and 

 animate this universal organisation, this world- 

 extensive community of similar minds. And any 

 one who is learned enough to master the symbolism 

 of geography, to consult the files of the periodical 

 publications is, if not a full brother, yet a novitiate 

 of this universal fraternity. And to be a member 

 of this community, what does it mean ? It means 

 much or little in proportion to the impulse and 

 knowledge to utilise the collective resources of the 

 community. 



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It is the boast and a real and justifiable boast 

 of the Catholic Church that its Pope is a servant 

 of every member of the Church down to the most 

 insignificant, that he is in name and fact servus 

 servorum. Now in the scientific community there 

 is no pope, but there are many high priests. The 

 scientific community is a democratic organisation, 

 not a hierarchic one. Its high priests are just 



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