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State Science Institute (view source)
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=== Probable location ===
=== Probable location ===
The State Science Institute was located in [[New Hampshire]], in a cold region, and near enough to a major river to see it. The only river that could qualify is the [[Connecticut River]], and specifically that part of it that separates New Hampshire from [[Vermont]]. And the most likely location is therefore the reservation that, in real life, holds the [[United States Army]] Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, located along the two-lane highway (Highway Ten, known as the Lyme Road at that point), about a twenty-minute walk north of [[Dartmouth College]] in Hanover. Hence it would be close enough to offer fellowships at a major [[Ivy League]] [[university]], and even long-standing relationships with several faculty departments at that university.
The State Science Institute was located in [[New Hampshire]], in a cold region, and near enough to a major river to see it. The only river that could qualify is the [[Connecticut River]], and specifically that part of it that separates New Hampshire from [[Vermont]]. And the most likely location is therefore the reservation that, in real life, holds the [[United States Army]] Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, located along the two-lane highway (Highway Ten, known as the Lyme Road at that point), about a twenty-minute walk north of [[Dartmouth College]] in Hanover. Hence it would be close enough to offer fellowships at a major [[Ivy League]] [[university]], and even long-standing relationships with several faculty departments at that university.
=== Physical structure ===
The Institute campus was laid out like a park. At the center stood its main building, a simple rectilinear structure with white marble elevations on all sides, and marble-enhanced interiors. The architect carved this motto into a marble plate set in the transom of the main entrance:{{cquote|To the fearless mind. To the inviolate truth.}}
== The Rearden Metal Controversy ==
== The Rearden Metal Controversy ==