"Beadle makes an exceptionally fine impression and is undoubtedly one of the most promising men of his age in Biology - a man to be watched."
Frank Blair Hanson. Diary entry. September 1936.

"Although the chances that our work on artificial antibodies will lead to results of practical value in the immediate future are not great, there does exist some possibility that the researches will have practical application."
Linus Pauling. Letter to Frank Blair Hanson. May 29, 1942.

"It does not seem to us that we should consider going in for the support of immunology on a broad front at the present time."
Frank Blair Hanson. Letter to Linus Pauling. May 7, 1943.

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