Basic Scientific Research Is Scientific Capital.

A Belief May Be Larger Than A Fact. A Faith That Is Overdefined Is The Very Faith Most Likely To Prove Inadequate To The Great Moments Of Life.

Presumably Man's Spirit Should Be Elevated If He Can Better Review His Shady Past And Analyze More Completely And Objectively His Present Problems.

Science Has A Simple Faith, Which Transcends Utility. Nearly All Men Of Science, All Men Of Learning For That Matter, And Men Of Simple Ways Too, Have It In Some Form And In Some Degree. It Is The Faith That It Is The Privilege Of Man To Learn To Understand, And That This Is His Mission. If We Abandon That Mission Under Stress We Shall Abandon It Forever, For Stress Will Not Cease. Knowledge For The Sake Of Understanding, Not Merely To Prevail, That Is The Essence Of Our Being. None Can Define Its Limits, Or Set Its Ultimate Boundaries.

Fear Cannot Be Banished, But It Can Be Calm And Without Panic; It Can Be Mitigated By Reason And Evaluation.

Publication Has Been Extended Far Beyond Our Present Ability To Make Real Use Of The Record.