Basic Scientific Research Is Scientific Capital.

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.

A Belief May Be Larger Than A Fact. A Faith That Is Overdefined Is The Very Faith Most Likely To Prove Inadequate To The Great Moments Of Life.

Putting A Man In Space Is A Stunt: The Man Can Do No More Than An Instrument, In Fact Can Do Less. There Are Far More Serious Things To Do Than Indulge In Stunts. . . . I Do Not Discard Completely The Value Of Demonstrating To The World Our Skills. Nor Do I Undervalue The Effect On Morale Of The Spectacular. But The Present Hullabaloo On The Propaganda Aspects Of The Program Leaves Me Entirely Cool.

Science Can Be Effective In The National Welfare Only As A Member Of A Team, Whether The Conditions Be Peace Or War. But Without Scientific Progress No Amount Of Achievement In Other Directions Can Insure Our Health, Prosperity, And Security As A Nation In The Modern World.

There Has Been A Great Deal Said About A 3,00-mile High-angle Rocket. The People Who Have Been Writing These Things That Annoy Me, Have Been Talking About A 3,000-mile High-angle Rocket Shot From One Continent To Another, Carrying An Atomic Bomb And So Directed As To Be A Precise Weapon Which Would Land Exactly On A Certain Target, Such As A City.