We shall be forced to attempt planned and directed research employing hundreds of workers for many years, and this cannot be done without risking the loss of independence and originality. This is a serious and fundamental obstacle but it may be overcome in two ways.

Political activism
Arriving in Cambridge as a Catholic Bernal became a socialist as a result of a long night arguing with a friend. (1965). 0143.

John Desmond Bernal[pronunciation?]FRS (10 May 1901 – 15 September 1971) was one of the United Kingdom's most well-known and controversial scientists.