[in Eighteenth-century Britain] Engineers For The Most

If Science Were Communism, Was It Also Not Possible That Communism Could Itself Become A Science?

All That Glitters May Not Be Gold, But At Least It Contains Free Electrons.

In Science Men Have Learned Consciously To Subordinate Themselves To A Common Purpose Without Losing The Individuality Of Their Achievements. Each One Knows That His Work Depends On That Of His Predecessors And Colleagues, And That It Can Only Reach Its Fruition Through The Work Of His Successors. In Science Men Collaborate Not Because They Are Forced To By Superior Authority Or Because They Blindly Follow Some Chosen Leader, But Because They Realize That Only In This Willing Collaboration Can Each Man Find His Goal.

The Problem [of Specialization] Is Essentially That Of Communications To An Army In Action. After A Rapid Advance Communications Become Disorganized, And There Is A Temporary Halting Until They Are Again In Working Order.

One Of The Questions On Which Clarity Of Thinking Is Now Most Necessary Is That Of The Relation Between The Methods Of Science And Of Marxist Philosophy. Although Much Has Already Been Written On The Subject, Yet There Is Still An Enormous Amount Of Confusion And Contradictory Statement.