Word: bridgman
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have been profoundly disturbed this past fortnight by the pronouncement issued by Professor Bridgman at Harvard relative to the exchange of scientific information with totalitarian countries. . . . My apprehension has developed for two reasons. The first is that this statement may lead the general public to believe that such an attitude has been generally adopted by scientists . . . (and) secondly I feel that this manifesto represents in a way a rising tide of hatred and intolerance...
...believe that Professor Bridgman errs as a scientist, for science and truth can never be the property of any one nation or of any one political theory. . . . The only way to expose the falseness of the doctrines of Fascism and Naziism is to provide for the greatest possible exchange of information so that the inconsistency and failures of these theories may be illuminated by the dazzling light of truth: Even while he is decrying totalitarianism Professor Bridgman succumbs to it by his methods, since he would employ the same type of tactics as they...
Resolutions affirming the Bridgman Manifesto and backing the Student Council investigation of the Feild case featured the meeting of the Student Union last night...
...true that actions similar to Professor Bridgman's involve us in a vicious circle where defense of our traditions paradoxically subverts them. In any case, some sort of implementation of our beliefs is necessary. Tolerance of intolerance insidiously becomes suicide...
...carefully protected from reporters who sought his opinion on the Bridgman Manifesto. Percy W. Bridgman '04, Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy said yesterday afternoon, however, that his ban on representatives from totalitarian states from his laboratories, in no way affected the German refugee since he would be connected with a completely different department...