The First Requirement In Using

It Is What We Know Already That Often Prevents Us From Learning.

In The Patient Who Succumbed, The Cause Of Death Was Evidently Something Which Was Not Found In The Patient Who Recovered; This Something We Must Determine, And Then We Can Act On The Phenomena Or Recognize And Foresee Them Accurately. But Not By Statistics Shall We Succeed In This; Never Have Statistics Taught Anything, And Never Can They Teach Anything About The Nature Of The Phenomenon.

Ardent Desire For Knowledge, In Fact, Is The One Motive Attracting And Supporting Investigators In Their Efforts; And Just This Knowledge, Really Grasped And Yet Always Flying Before Them, Becomes At Once Their Sole Torment And Their Sole Happiness. Those Who Do Not Know The Torment Of The Unknown Cannot Have The Joy Of Discovery Which Is Certainly The Liveliest That The Mind Of Man Can Ever Feel.

When Entering On New Ground We Must Not Be Afraid To Express Even Risky Ideas So As To Stimulate Research In All Directions. As Priestley Put It, We Must Not Remain Inactive Through False Modesty Based On Fear Of Being Mistaken.

The Investigator Should Have A Robust Faith - And Yet Not Believe.