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Historical Commitments of Biology*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2009

A. C. Crombie
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By an ancient and honourable tradition, which began last year when I spared you this exercise, the President gives a Presidential Address only once during his term of office, on retirement. A presidential address in the summer season is a privileged occasion. Coming at the end of an active day, it is not the moment for a massive account of research. Rather it is an occasion when one may indulge with privilege in some directed impressionism, and that is what I propose to do.

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Presidential Address
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The British Journal for the History of Science , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , December 1966 , pp. 97 - 108
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Copyright © British Society for the History of Science 1966

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