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within any computable time. And for that they 

 do not care provided only that in the meantime milk 

 is pasteiu-ized. This statement of their position 

 will, I believe, be generally accepted by the leading 

 representatives of both schools, and is, indeed, based 

 upon the statements made to me by the leading 

 exponents of both groups for the purposes of this dis- 

 cussion. It is highly important that the fact that 

 the only criticism of the clean milk school which 

 comes from the advocates of the pasteurization of 

 milk is that they are Utopians and visionaries. The 

 bulk of the criticism in the controversy comes from 

 the radicals. They have placed the advocates of 

 pasteurization on the defensive. 



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There is no need to dwell further upon the criti- 

 cism of the position of the radicals by their oppor- 

 tunist rivals who believe in pasteurization. That 

 is all summed up in a sentence and can be compre- 

 hended by a child. But not so the criticism of the 

 opportunists by the radicals. Here we have a body 

 of very serious criticism which cannot be so easily 

 summarized and comprehended. 



It is not my purpose to attempt to give a complete 

 synopsis of this very long and complicated contro- 

 versy, much of which has little vital significance. 

 I propose only to state the most important points of 



