Episode Synopsis "Position"

From an appreciation of Ernest Rutherford by C.P. Snow in the November 1958 issue of The Atlantic: Worldly success? He loved every minute of it: flattery, titles, the company of the high official world. He said in a speech: ‘As I was standing in the drawing room at Trinity, a clergyman came in. And I said to him: “I’m Lord Rutherford.” And he said to me: “I’m the Archbishop of York.” And I don’t suppose either of us believed the other.’

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