SCIENCE FOR ALL
_ Sir,—When I read “Railway Navvy’s” letter I suddenly realised why the great Thomas Huxley preferred to lecture to the working man.' Here we get the type of mind which is unfettered by an accumulation of facts relating to the sturdy of one particular subject. Surely this accumulation does not constitute real knowledge! I do not think that a solution of today s problems will come even if the scientists do pool their knowledge, as this has already been attempted without any signal success. What we really need is the versatile type which can master many branches of science. This alone will lead to an association of ideas which is absolutely necessary for a comprehension of the whole. The piaster minds of old were endowed with such versatility.—Yours etc. v T , M - G DAVIES. Kowhai Bush, July 24, 1947.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25246, 26 July 1947, Page 3
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