If, on occasion, the knowledge brought by science leads to an unhappy end, this is not to the discredit of science but is rather an indication of an imperfect ability to use wisely the gifts placed within our hands.
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Science is the greatest creative impulse of our time. It dominates the intellectual scene and forms our lives, not only in the material things which it has given us, but also in that it guides our spirit.Polykarp Kusch
I count myself fortunate to be able to participate in the life of science in this era.
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The destiny of our society is yours to make and you have a vastly greater importance to the world than we do.
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The knowledge and understanding of the world which science gives us and the magnificent opportunity which it extends to us to control and use the world for the extension of our pleasure in it has never been greater than it now is.
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Indeed science alone may perhaps be sterile when pursued without an understanding of the world in which scientific knowledge is created and in which the fruits of science are used.
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No single achievement in science is possible without the painstaking work of the many hundreds who have built the foundation on which all new work is based.
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