American
Scientist,
Educator and
Civil Servant
(March 26,
1893 -
February 11,
1978)
"Behold the turtle: He only makes progress when he sticks his neck out."
"Every vital organization owes its birth and life to an exciting and daring idea."
"Science advances, not by the accumulation of new facts, but by the continuous development of new concepts."
"Some of mankind's most terrible misdeeds have been committed under the spell of certain magic words or phrases."
