The World Has Arrived At An Age

Scientific Progress On A Broad Front Results From The Free Play Of Free Intellects, Working On Subjects Of Their Own Choice, In The Manner Dictated By Their Curiosity For Exploration Of The Unknown.

Science Has A Simple Faith, Which Transcends Utility. Nearly All Men Of Science, All Men Of Learning For That Matter, And Men Of Simple Ways Too, Have It In Some Form And In Some Degree. It Is The Faith That It Is The Privilege Of Man To Learn To Understand, And That This Is His Mission. If We Abandon That Mission Under Stress We Shall Abandon It Forever, For Stress Will Not Cease. Knowledge For The Sake Of Understanding, Not Merely To Prevail, That Is The Essence Of Our Being. None Can Define Its Limits, Or Set Its Ultimate Boundaries.

Science Can Give Mankind A Better Standard Of Living, Better Health And A Better Mental Life, If Mankind In Turn Gives Science The Sympathy And Support So Essential To Its Progress.

The Scene Changes But The Aspirations Of Men Of Good Will Persist.

A Record, If It Is To Be Useful To Science, Must Be Continuously Extended, It Must Be Stored, And Above All It Must Be Consulted.