It Is A Mistake To Think Of

By The Worldly Standards Of Public Life, All Scholars In Their Work Are Of Course Oddly Virtuous. They Do Not Make Wild Claims, They Do Not Cheat, They Do Not Try To Persuade At Any Cost, They Appeal Neither To Prejudice Nor To Authority . . .

The Central Opposition Between Magic And Science Is The Opposition Between Power And Knowledge.

Man Is A Singular Creature. He Has A Set Of Gifts Which Make Him Unique Among The Animals, So That Unlike Them, He Is Not A Figure In The Landscape, He Is The Shaper Of The Landscape.

The Basis For Poetry And Scientific Discovery Is The Ability To Comprehend The Unlike In The Like And The Like In The Unlike.

I Grew Up To Be Indifferent To The Distinction Between Literature And Science, Which In My Teens Were Simply Two Languages For Experience That I Learned Together.