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A. Flexner – The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge (1939)
- gradschool 9y agodownloadable link here: http://southasiainstitute.harvard.edu/website/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/UsefulnessHarpers.pdf http://southasiainstitute.harvard.edu/website/wp-content/upl... For context, Flexner was the founder of the Institute for Advanced Study where he fostered an academic culture based on letting the faculty do whatever they felt like.