Scientific Progress On A Broad Front Results

The Responsibility For The Creation Of New Scientific Knowledge - And For Most Of Its Application - Rests On That Small Body Of Men And Women Who Understand The Fundamental Laws Of Nature And Are Skilled In The Techniques Of Scientific Research. We Shall Have Rapid Or Slow Advance On Any Scientific Frontier Depending On The Number Of Highly Qualified And Trained Scientists Exploring It.

Wholly New Forms Of Encyclopedias Will Appear, Ready Made With A Mesh Of Associative Trails Running Through Them, Ready To Be Dropped Into The Memex And There Amplified.

As Long As Scientists Are Free To Pursue The Truth Wherever It May Lead, There Will Be A Flow Of New Scientific Knowledge To Those Who Can Apply It To Practical Problems.

Fear Cannot Be Banished, But It Can Be Calm And Without Panic; It Can Be Mitigated By Reason And Evaluation.

Science Has A Simple Faith, Which Transcends Utility... It Is The Faith That It Is The Privilege Of Man To Learn To Understand, And That This Is His Mission.