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Letter from Linus Pauling to Arthur Holly Compton. May 14, 1940.
Pauling writes to inform Compton that he cannot sign Compton's peace petition, as he does not agree with its "implication of nonresistance to the brutal attack by Germany on the principles of freedom and security of the individual." Transcript.

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Creator: Linus Pauling
Recipient: Arthur Holly Compton

Date: May 14, 1940
Genre: correspondence
ID: peace4.009.1-lp-compton-19400514
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