All Major Changes Are Like Death. You

Without Question, The Notion Of The Doctor As A Legitimate Fee-for-service Entrepreneur, Making His Fortune From Misfortunes Of His Patients, Is Old-fashioned, Distasteful, And Doomed.

Scientific Research Was Much Like Prospecting: You Went Out And You Hunted, Armed With Your Maps And Instruments, But In The Ened Your Preparations Did Not Matter, Or Even Your Intuition. You Needed Your Luck, And Whatever Benefits Accrued To The Diligent, Through Sheer, Grinding Hard Work.

The Academic World Was Marching Toward Ever More Specialized Knowledge, Expressed In Ever More Dense Jargon.

If You Don't Know History, Then You Don't Know Anything. You Are A Leaf That Doesn't Know It Is Part Of A Tree.

Books Aren't Written - They're Rewritten. Including Your Own. It Is One Of The Hardest Things To Accept, Especially After The Seventh Rewrite Hasn't Quite Done It.