The Cat Is A Wild Animal That

The Appeal Of The Cat Lies In The Very Fact That She Has Formed No Close Bond With [man], That She Has The Uncompromising Independence Of A Tiger Or A Leopard While She Is Hunting In His Stables And Barns: That She Still Remains Mysterious And Remote When She Is Rubbing Herself Gently Against The Legs Of Her Mistress Or Purring Contentedly In Front Of The Fire.

...he Who Has Seen The Intimate Beauty Of Nature Cannot Tear Himself Away From It Again. He Must Become Either A Poet Or A Naturalist And, If His Eyes Are Keen And His Powers Of Observation Sharp Enough, He May Well Become Both.

Every Man Gets A Narrower And Narrower Field Of Knowledge In Which He Must Be An Expert In Order To Compete With Other People. The Specialist Knows More And More About Less And Less And Finally Knows Everything About Nothing.

The Attitude Of The True Scientist Towards The Real Limits Of Human Understanding Was Unforgettably Impressed On Me In Early Youth By The Obviously Unpremeditated Words Of A Great Biologist; Alfred Kuhn Finished A Lecture To The Austrian Academy Of Science With Goethe 's Words, "it Is The Greatest Joy Of The Man Of Thought To Have Explored The Explorable And Then Calmly To Revere The Inexplorable." After The Last Word He Hesitated, Raised His Hand In Repudiation And Cried, Above The Applause, "no, Not Calmly, Gentlemen; Not Calmly!

In Nature We Find Not Only That Which Is Expedient, But Also Everything Which Is Not So Inexpedient As To Endanger The Existence Of The Species.