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tliri t. sonic should fccl thnt scicntists, nntl ~irirticulnrly chemists, arc Inrgcly rcsponsiblc for the possibility of such horrors. Thc scientist is, nftcr nll, .only tltc seeker nftcr 'truth, and whilst iiien or nations exist \rho nrc rcntlj-to use :my discovcrnblc mcnns to n tlcsired end, so long will tlic truths of thc scientist be npplicd clcstriictivcly ns well ns in the constructive work of progress. The conimission said, rightly cnoiigli, th:it tlic usc of hacteriological \re:ipons was " conclcmncd by tlie conscience of Iiumnnity," and tliis, too, wns its feeling, if not. so csprcsscd, with rcgrirtl to cliciiiicnl ~reapons of war. licrc lics 111r1t~rii11 for tlic cynic. dltliougli 110 innn who clninls to tliink n t all will dispute the fact that thc use of such wcnl)ons is inliiinirin, little pcrlinps as hc rnnj-11nre bccn in sy1iiI)iitliy with Wilfrctl O\vcn's conrlcnlnation of the " s ~~~i c r l ~i ~~n i i n inliuainnitics" iu t,lie frenzy of fiftccn ycnrs ago, yet tlicre nrc! niriny ot.her wciipons t.lic use of wliicli in the hst \viir cnii lie no less Iicavily on \vliat scrap of conscicnce is st,ill left with Iiumnnity. Tlicrc arc probiibly soinc wlio feel that such nicn ;IS Iinbcr iintl IJoscli 1i:ivc niultipliecl the war-inongcrs' stock-in-triitlc, nntl woiiltl SO contlcnin tliem, forgetting thiit tlieir work .was '1s inevit;iblc 11s tlint. of n Scwton or :I Colunibus, and forgctting too tlirit in tire ycrirs to COlliC IInher iintl Boscli will probnlily bc rcverctl iis those \die tlispclled tltc h t l tlrctini of Sir Willitiiii C ~O O ~C S , : i d 111ntlc i t pO~Sibk!-griltlt~tt nn ndeqiiiitc iiic~ins of distril.uition-to feed 1111 cvcr swarming ~rorlcl. I)estruct,ion rind construction oftcn procccd from tile snnic sourccs ; tlic inciiiis thnt. Itave led to the coutrol of disease niay p t ~irovidc tlic ciilturcs for wliolesnlc slriitglitcr ; the plougl~slinrc is ncvcr far from tlic swortl. IJy something of thc sitnic token do tlic litcriiry lions now gorgc tliemsclves on tltc qurirry t h i t SOIJCI litis proviilcd, and it is possiblc thiit wir lins lieen the stnrting point of n rciirtissiincc in tliouglit, tlic power of which we are as yet too near to judge. J3ut a t rill emits, onc thing is ccrtiiin-the scicntist is no less liiinianc than tlic rest,, rind is not, us soine \vould ininginc, ii monster setting u p p o w r for his god. Ile is not concernctl \vit,li iJatt,lCS, unlcss i t Iic with tlic " tidc of licrd nicn drifting?" or witli that sonicthing ~vlticli we fondly call n:iturc, supposing i t to he benign, often 11s it is not. SO. IIc miiy feel too, i i ~ fclt nll tliosc poets of the w r , looking not to the things of power rind priiisc, but to thc '' hoiirclcd lorcliness " that is in the world, nnd h i t , '' wildest bcauty . . thiit mocks tlic stcittly running of tlic Iiour." Wdst fear is in tlic Iieiirts of nt~tions, cind tlicrc csists tlic belief tlint to build up tlic incans to attack is the surest nicrtns to Lccome in\wlnerriblc, so long will war be IL possibility. I'crhaps in 21 " bravc new world " of tlic future tliesc things will not be so : muss psycliologhil influcncc, wl~icli is criprible of bigger things tlinn giins, niny be cmploycd to tltrit end. ProLubly before that tiino coniw tlic scientist will Iiuve gone frir townrtls inliibiting the nierins of wiw, or tlic causc of it, if only Iiy finding a rcatly solvcnt for tllc wnlls that cnclosc tlic nations, or less Iinppily, by demonstrating tlic n:ruscnting mngnitutlc of tlicsc things tltrit are iis yct only dimly pcrccivcd us revolting. But in the incnutinie tlrc clicinist iind all otlicr scicntists arc Lilt servants of tlic niitions, tint1 tlicy sl~ould not lo Llnmcd for scrviug tlicir niusters too wclt. * Iiuriil biifom tho C:laHgo\r. Suction iif tliu SociuLy of Choiiiiwrl Jiiiiiinlry on Out., 7, 1!13?. f l r i iniiking totill of 74. It ciitl sdcly bc stiited tlliltr
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## Abstract A highβperformance thinβlayer chromatographic (HPTLC) method is described for the determination of tributyltin compounds (bis(triβ__n__βbutyltin) oxide, TBTO, and triβ__n__βbutyltin naphthenate, TBTN) and their degradation products (dibutyltin and monobutyltin compounds). The organotin