“The full PDF version of the report, which is linked to at the source, ends with a nice quote from Eisenhower’s Farewell Address. However accuracy should require, especially in THIS report, pointing out Ike was misquoted. Basically Ike used the two sentences cited in the reverse order.”
So the correct quote should be:
“The prospect of domination of the nation’s scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present – and is gravely to be regarded.
. . . Public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite ... ”
Thanks for catching that! You made me look at the pdf file, which I had previously downloaded. Seems even more complete and condemning than this summary.
The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present – and is gravely to be regarded.Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite.