Dissent Is The Mark Of

By The Worldly Standards Of Public Life, All Scholars In Their Work Are Of Course Oddly Virtuous. They Do Not Make Wild Claims, They Do Not Cheat, They Do Not Try To Persuade At Any Cost, They Appeal Neither To Prejudice Nor To Authority . . .

When Da Vinci Wanted An Effect, He Willed, He Planned The Means To Make It Happen: That Was The Purpose Of His Machines. But The Machines Of Newton ... Are Means Not For Doing But For Observing. He Saw An Effect, And He Looked For Its Cause.

There Are Three Creative Ideas Which, Each In Its Turn, Have Been Central To Science. They Are The Idea Of Order, The Idea Of Causes, And The Idea Of Chance.

Satire Is Not A Social Dynamite. But It Is A Social Indicator: It Shows That New Men Are Knocking At The Door.

Every Animal Leaves Traces Of What It Was; Man Alone Leaves Traces Of What He Created.