To Pursue Science Is Not To Disparage

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.