Let Us Cherish The Hope

I Have Gotten Over Feeling Badly. We Would Be Eternally Miserable If Our Errors Worried Us Too Much Because As We Push Forward We Will Make Plenty More.

For It Goes Without Saying That This Great Recognition At This Time Will Aid Tremendously Our Efforts To Find The Necessarily Large Funds For The Next Voyage Of Exploration Farther Into The Depths Of The Atom.

The Day When The Scientist, No Matter How Devoted, May Make Significant Progress Alone And Without Material Help Is Past. This Fact Is Most Self-evident In Our Work. Instead Of An Attic With A Few Test Tubes, Bits Of Wire And Odds And Ends, The Attack On The Atomic Nucleus Has Required The Development And Construction Of Great Instruments On An Engineering Scale.

Oh, Somewhere In This Favoured Land The Sun Is Shining Bright; The Band Is Playing Somewhere; And Somewhere Hearts Are Light; And Somewhere Men Are Laughing; And Little Children Shout; But There Is No Joy In Mudville- Great Casey Has Struck Out.

I Am Mindful That Scientific Achievement Is Rooted In The Past, Is Cultivated To Full Stature By Many Contemporaries And Flourishes Only In Favorable Environment. No Individual Is Alone Responsible For A Single Stepping Stone Along The Path Of Progress, And Where The Path Is Smooth Progress Is Most Rapid. In My Own Work This Has Been Particularly True.