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Filially, \\f have to remember that it is the habit of (Governments to deal 

 with problems only when they become urgent, though they may be careful 

 to hide the fact that they are urgent. 



These practical difficulties must be emphasised because scientists are apt 

 to content themselves with stating what should be done without indicating 

 how it should be done. We should be clear in our minds about the purpose 

 that we have in view and the methods that we regard as not merely desirable 

 but also practicable in the circumstances of the time. This involves research 

 of a different character from that which has hitherto been regarded as within 

 the scope of the existing Sections of the British Association. 



