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This is the kind of change that survives.
Generation of Greatness (1957)
Each of these men felt secretly — it was his very special secret and his deepest secret — that he could be great.
Generation of Greatness (1957)
The great contribution of science is to say that this second theory is nonsense.
Generation of Greatness (1957)
Sharpen up the edges of ideas for the students in fields other than your own.
Generation of Greatness (1957)
Haven't you wondered how they could have survived, when, in all of our experimental work every small change we make dies?
Generation of Greatness (1957)
There are areas where untrained people may work effectively and with limited equipment. Our pupil doesn't need a big laboratory to do this, he needs freedom; he needs encouragement.
Generation of Greatness (1957)
I believe that each young person is different from any other who has ever lived, as different as his fingerprints: that he could bring to the world a wonderful and special way of solving unsolved problems, that in his special way, he can be great.
Generation of Greatness (1957)
I would urge that just as democracy initially meant the right of man to defend himself, to have a sword, and then meant the right to write, and then meant the right to read — so, now, democracy means the right to have the scientific experience.
Generation of Greatness (1957)
The scientist comes to the world and says, "I do not understand the divine source, but I know, in a way that I don't understand, that out of chaos I can make order, out of loneliness I can make friendship, out of ugliness I can make beauty."
Generation of Greatness (1957)
A contemporary man who has not participated intimately in actual work in science is, in my opinion, not a modern man. I believe that this experience in science should come early in the life of all of our pupils.
Generation of Greatness (1957)
The role of science is to be systematic, to be accurate, to be orderly, but it certainly is not to imply that the aggregated, successful hypotheses of the past have the kind of truth that goes into a number system.
Generation of Greatness (1957)