"The item of $7,500 for apparatus, supplies, animals would permit us to use the large number of animals required for some of our projected researches, and should permit also the construction of a Tiselius apparatus for the electrophoretic separation of antibody fractions by the suggested method of combination with charged haptens, and for other investigations."
Linus Pauling. Letter to Warren Weaver. January 2, 1941.

"I am very sorry you were not here during Warren [Weaver]’s visit because you started it all and are certainly the one responsible for getting Chemistry and Biology in a position where there’s a good chance of collecting some nice blue chips."
George Beadle. Letter to Linus Pauling. March 1, 1948.

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