WHILE BELIEVING THAT ALL SCIENCE MUST BE CULTIVATED FOR ITS OWN SAKE AND THAT NO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT THESE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES,[MARX] WAS OF THE OPINION, HOWEVER, THAT THE SCIENTIST, IF HE DID NOT WANT TO LOWER HIMSELF, SHOULD NEVER CEASE TO PARTICIPATE ACTIVELY IN PUBLIC LIFE AND SHOULD NEVER REMAIN CONFINED IN HIS OFFICE OR LABORATORY, LIKE A WORM IN HIS CHEESE, WITHOUT EVER GETTING INVOLVED IN THE LIFE AND POLITICAL AND SOCIAL STRUGGLES OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES