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Give These People Money, Let Them Play, And They'll Come Up With Something.

The Question Of Whether A Device Will Come Into Being Depends Upon Three Things: First, Whether There Is A Practical Use For It That Warrants Its Development And Manufacturing Costs; Second, Whether The Laws Of Physics Applying To The Elements Available For Its Design Allow The Attainment Of The Needed Ranges, Sensitivities, Or The Like; And Third, Whether The Pertinent Art Of Manufacture Has Advanced Sufficiently To Allow A Useful Embodiment To Be Built Successfully.

Associative Indexing, The Basic Idea Of Which Is A Provision Whereby Any Item May Be Caused At Will To Select Immediately And Automatically Another. This Is The Essential Feature Of The Memex. The Process Of Tying Two Items Together Is The Important Thing.

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.

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.