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RefNoHF/1/17/2/58/42
Previous numbers98HF.159.1.42
LevelItem
TitleLetter from W B Broughton, Sir John Cass College, Aldgate, London to Howard Walter Florey
Date17 June 1965
DescriptionGreatly enjoyed recent discussion meeting on ritualization - comments on his early interest in ethnology - comments on symposium and on danger of becoming involved in imprecise conjecture - discusses danger of abruptly undermining long established traditions and possibility of "elucidating prescriptions for the successful achievement of human social and political wellbeing" - hopes Royal Society will set up study group.
Extent2pp
AccessStatusOpen
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