The World Of The 20th Century, If

I Became A Journalist To Come As Close As Possible To The Heart Of The World.

Not Much Longer Shall We Have Time For Reading Lessons Of The Past. An Inexorable Present Calls Us To The Defense Of A Great Future.

I Am All For Titillating Trivialities. I Am All For The Epic Touch. I Could Almost Say That Everything In Time, Should Be Either Titillating Or Epic Or Starkly, Supercurtly Factual.

To See Life. To See The World. To Watch The Faces Of The Poor, And The Gestures Of The Proud. To See Strange Things. Machines, Armies, Multitudes, And Shadows In The Jungle. To See, And To Take Pleasure In Seeing. To See And Be Instructed. To See And Be Amazed. (describing The Powers Of Photography; Written For The Launch Of Life Magazine, 1936.)

I Urge Each Of You To Think Seriously About The Vision Dr. Daniel Puts Forth And Think About What You Can Do To Make It Happen.