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We could have a man who is really a very bright professor, but he was really not sticking enough and the king was bothered about him. So he said, Mister, you’re getting off base a little over there. I’m going to really tie you up. I want to really tie you up: I’m going to give you tenure. Now how do you like that! Don’t do anything for anybody else. You’re set for life! Nobody can ever take it away from you. But I want you to be an absolutely pure scientist. None of that nonsense about applied science. Pure scientist. You just lay eggs and I’ll take them away from you… Today, this is just the way our university is.
