A Belief May Be Larger Than A

Scientific Progress On A Broad Front Results From The Free Play Of Free Intellects, Working On Subjects Of Their Own Choice, In The Manner Dictated By Their Curiosity For Exploration Of The Unknown.

The Difficulty Seems To Be, Not So Much That We Publish Unduly In View Of The Extent And Variety Of Present Day Interests, But Rather That Publication Has Been Extended Far Beyond Our Present Ability To Make Real Use Of The Record.

The Summation Of Human Experience Is Being Expanded At A Prodigious Rate, And The Means We Use For Threading Through The Consequent Maze To The Momentarily Important Item Is The Same As Was Used In The Days Of Square-rigged Ships.

To Pursue Science Is Not To Disparage Things Of The Spirit.

The Common Idea That Scientists Reject A Theory As Soon As It Leads To A Contradiction Is Just Not So. When They Get Something That Works At All They Plunge Ahead With It And Ignore Its Weak Spots... Scientists Are Just As Bad As The Rest Of The Public In Following Fads And Being Influenced By Mass Enthusiasm.