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HOTHEADS, LUKEWARMERS,HISTORY, AND THE FUTURE
Patrick J. MichaelsSenior Fellow, Cato InstituteOffice of the Provost, George Mason
 
FAREWELL ADDRESS, DWIGHT EISENHOWER
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hefreeuniversity,historicallythefountainheadoffreeideasandscientificdiscovery,hasexperiencedarevolutionintheconductofresearch.Partlybecauseof thehugecostsinvolved,agovernmentcontractbecomesvirtuallyasubstituteforintellectualcuriosity«Yet,inholdingscientificresearchanddiscoveryinrespect,asweshould,wemustalsobealerttotheequalandoppositedangerthatpublicpolicycoulditself  becomethecaptiveofascientific-technologicalelite.
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heprospectofdominationofthenation'sscholarsbyFederalemployment,projectallocations,andthepower ofmoneyiseverpresent±andisgravelytoberegarded.
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