Word: scientists
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Nowadays the destructive power of science in war is absurdly overrated," wound up Scientist Levinstein, who is considered the Empire's leading expert on war gases. "One might imagine that invention had rendered it possible to destroy a city and wipe out humanity in mass, as it were, by pressing a button. Tosh...
...whole of human knowledge is indicated by the phrase "the arts and sciences." Between these two branches of learning a distinct cleavage has grown. Science dominates the modern world--science in the narrow sense. The business-man, unquestionably master of our civilization, is a scientist. Persons, things, actions, even philosophies must justify themselves by the standards of the market-place. "Theorist" and "idealist" have become terms of contempt...
...means of fulfilling the distribution requirement, chemistry has much to offer the non-scientist. It is probably the most fundamental of laboratory sciences, and, unlike physics, its principles are not obscured by intricate mathematics. Since its most important concepts are based on comparatively simple experiments, it is an ideal introduction to the scientific method of inductive analysis...
...Hall are a resourceful lot. Confronted with this age-old problem, they remained undaunted. After a process of cerebration, law was established. In precise terms the distinction was made: "He who has not partaken of three years of Latin or one and one-half years of Greek is a scientist...
...true that many disadvantages arise from this masterstroke. The bachelor of science in history and literature is condemned to go through life accompanied by the jeers of the ignorant populace, who mistake him for some synthetic monster. Cries of "scientist" greet the Classicless music student as he sits at his piano. Nevertheless, the cause of efficiency is served. Harvard marches on, leading the world...