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Whether In The Intellectual Pursuits Of Science Or In The Mystical Pursuits Of The Spirit, The Light Beckons Ahead, And The Purpose Surging In Our Nature Responds.

There Was A Time When We Wanted To Be Told What An Electron Is. The Question Was Never Answered. No Familiar Conceptions Can Be Woven Around The Electron; It Belongs To The Waiting List.

It Is Reasonable To Hope That In The Not Too Distant Future We Shall Be Competent To Understand So Simple A Thing As A Star.

The Helium Which We Handle Must Have Been Put Together At Some Time And Some Place. We Do Not Argue With The Critic Who Urges That The Stars Are Not Hot Enough For This Process; We Tell Him To Go And Find A Hotter Place.

Do Not Put Too Much Confidence In Experimental Results Until They Have Been Confirmed By Theory.