Science Advances, Not By The Accumulation Of

Even The Development Of The Steam Engine Owed But Little To The Advancement Of Science.

Every Vital Organization Owes Its Birth And Life To An Exciting And Daring Idea.

I Venture To Define Science As A Series Of Interconnected Concepts And Conceptual Schemes Arising From Experiment And Observation And Fruitful Of Further Experiments And Observations. The Test Of A Scientific Theory Is, I Suggest, Its Fruitfulness.

Diversity Of Opinion Within The Framework Of Loyalty To Our Free Society Is Not Only Basic To A University But To The Entire Nation.

Each Honest Calling, Each Walk Of Life, Has Its Own Elite, Its Own Aristocracy Based On Excellence Of Performance. . . . There Will Always Be The False Snobbery Which Tries To Place One Vocation Above Another. You Will Become A Member Of The Aristocracy In The American Sense Only If Your Accomplishments And Integrity Earn This Appellation.