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Show method is a principal instrument. Here, too, our work tends to reflect the interests of the Faculty: Greek archaeology and epigraphy, Greek philosophy and philology, palaeography, mediaeval history and the history of art, modern history, politics and economics, the history of mathematics and the sciences. Here again there have been members, working alone or in concert, in disciplines not represented on the Faculty. In these two schools, the Institute has some forty permanent members, or members with appointments of long term. Among the permanent members, there are about twenty who constitute the present Faculty. The names of these members will be found on a following page. A principal function of the Institute is to provide for members who come here for short periods, for a term or a year or two years. There are currently some hundred such members in residence. Admission to membership is by vote of the Faculty concerned, and, when membership extends for more than two years, by concurrent vote of the whole Faculty. Perhaps a half or two thirds of our members are invited by us because we know or learn of their work, and believe that a time here would be fruitful for them, for their work, and for that of other members; other members are selected from the many applicants who write to us outlining the state of their researches and their reasons for desiring to come. Inevitably there is a real competition for memberships, since both the physical lim- |
