The Minds That Rise And

The Eloquence Of A Scientist Is Clarity; Scientific Truth Is Always More Luminous When Its Beauty Is Unadorned Than When It Is Tricked Out In The Embellishments With Which Our Imagination Would Seek To Clothe It.

First Causes Are Outside The Realm Of Science.

Those Who Do Not Know The Torment Of The Unknown Cannot Have The Joy Of Discovery.

A Contemporary Poet Has Characterized This Sense Of The Personality Of Art And Of The Impersonality Of Science In These Words,-'art Is Myself; Science Is Ourselves. '

Men Who Have Excessive Faith In Their Theories Or Ideas Are Not Only Ill Prepared For Making Discoveries; They Also Make Very Poor Observations. Of Necessity, They Observe With A Preconceived Idea, And When They Devise An Experiment, They Can See, In Its Results,only A Confirmation Of Their Theory. In This Way They Distort Observation And Often Neglect Very Important Facts Because They Do Not Further Their Aim.