But There Is No Joy In Mudville

In The Radiation Laboratory We Count It A Privilege To Do Everything We Can To Assist Our Medical Colleagues In The Application Of These New Tools To The Problems Of Human Suffering.

I Have Suggested That Scientific Progress Requires A Favorable Environment.

I Am Mindful That Scientific Achievement Is Rooted In The Past, Is Cultivated To Full Stature By Many Contemporaries And Flourishes Only In Favorable Environment. No Individual Is Alone Responsible For A Single Stepping Stone Along The Path Of Progress, And Where The Path Is Smooth Progress Is Most Rapid. In My Own Work This Has Been Particularly True.

Let Us Cherish The Hope That The Day Is Not Far Distant When We Will Be In The Midst Of This Next Adventure.

The Atomic Bombs Will Surely Shorten The War, And Let Us Hope That They Will Effectively End War As A Possibility In Human Affairs.