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Life Is An Error-making And An Error-correctin G Process, And Nature In Marking Man's Papers Will Grade Him For Wisdom As Measured Both By Survival And By The Quality Of Life Of Those Who Survive.

The Worst Tragedy That Could Have Befallen Me Was My Success. I Knew Right Away That I Was Through - Cast Out.

I Feel That The Greatest Reward For Doing Is The Opportunity To Do More.

We Were Told In One Lecture That It Was Possible To Immunize Against Diphtheria And Tetanus By The Use Of Chemically Treated Toxins, Or Toxoids. And The Following Lecture, We Were Told That For Immunization Against A Virus Disease, You Have To Experience The Infection, And That You Could Not Induce Immunity With The So-called "killed" Or Inactivated, Chemically Treated Virus Preparation. Well, Somehow, That Struck Me. What Struck Me Was That Both Statements Couldn't Be True. And I Asked Why This Was So, And The Answer That Was Given Was In A Sense, 'because.' There Was No Satisfactory Answer.

When Things Get Bad Enough, Then Something Happens To Correct The Course. And It's For That Reason That I Speak About Evolution As An Error-making And An Error-correcting Process. And If We Can Be Ever So Much Better - Ever So Much Slightly Better - At Error Correcting Than At Error Making, Then We'll Make It.