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On the recordOctober 21, 1963
But if I were to name a single thing which points up the difference this century has made in the American attitude toward science, it would certainly be the wholehearted understanding today of the importance of pure science.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Address at the Anniversary Convocation of the National Academy of Sciences.

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