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...he Who Has Seen The Intimate Beauty Of Nature Cannot Tear Himself Away From It Again. He Must Become Either A Poet Or A Naturalist And, If His Eyes Are Keen And His Powers Of Observation Sharp Enough, He May Well Become Both.

Hatred Of Humanity And Love Of Animals Make A Very Bad Combination.

Scientific Truth Is Universal, Because It Is Only Discovered By The Human Brain And Not Made By It, As Art Is.

The Attitude Of The True Scientist Towards The Real Limits Of Human Understanding Was Unforgettably Impressed On Me In Early Youth By The Obviously Unpremeditated Words Of A Great Biologist; Alfred Kuhn Finished A Lecture To The Austrian Academy Of Science With Goethe 's Words, "it Is The Greatest Joy Of The Man Of Thought To Have Explored The Explorable And Then Calmly To Revere The Inexplorable." After The Last Word He Hesitated, Raised His Hand In Repudiation And Cried, Above The Applause, "no, Not Calmly, Gentlemen; Not Calmly!

I Am Convinced That Of All The People On The Two Sides Of The Great Curtain, The Space Pilots Are The Least Likely To Hate Each Other. Like The Late Erich Von Holst, I Believe That The Tremendous And Otherwise Not Quite Explicable Public Interest In Space Flight Arises From The Subconscious Realization That It Helps To Preserve Peace. May It Continue To Do So!