STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
STANFORD MEDICAL CENTER
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94304

DEPARIMENT OF GENETICS , Area Code 415
Professor Joshua Lederberg .

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I wish it were possible for me to deal personally with the
correspondence provoked by "Science and Man". However, this
is impossible in view of my regular duties at Stanford Uni-
versity. Please let this acknowledgment be my assurance that
I have read your comment with interest. You may indeed find
that I have reacted to it in some future column. *

In any case, my thanks for your trouble in writing.

/ Joshua Lederberg

*Do let me note that I would favor a Pax Americana if I
thoueht it were attainahle at a price worth the result.

XE it is not attainable, it is important we see this clearly,
and that the rest of the world perceive that we do; confusion
about our (and their) aims and motives will destroy the world,

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P.S. Technically, you are right: parity is not the most stable
equilibrium; a single world government is. But &t the rioment, that
seens like a fanciful drean; and it would have its own hazards.

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