Truth, Not A Pet, Is Man's Best

We May Be Likened To Two Scorpions In A Bottle, Each Capable Of Killing The Other, But Only At The Risk Of His Own Life.

The Optimist Thinks This Is The Best Of All Possible Worlds. The Pessimist Fears It Is True.

Both The Man Of Science And The Man Of Action Live Always At The Edge Of Mystery, Surrounded By It.

If We Ask, For Instance, Whether The Position Of The Electron Remains The Same, We Must Say 'no'; If We Ask Whether The Electron's Position Changes With Time, We Must Say 'no'; If We Ask Whether The Electron Is At Rest, We Must Say 'no'; If We Ask Whether It Is In Motion, We Must Say 'no'.

Bertrand Russell Had Given A Talk On The Then New Quantum Mechanics, Of Whose Wonders He Was Most Appreciative. He Spoke Hard And Earnestly In The New Lecture Hall. And When He Was Done, Professor Whitehead, Who Presided, Thanked Him For His Efforts, And Not Least For 'leaving The Vast Darkness Of The Subject Unobscured'.