The motive that will conquer cancer will not be pity nor horror; it will be curiosity to know how and why. And the desire for service, said Lord Tamar. As the justification of that curiosity, said Mr. Sempack, but not as a motive. Pity never made a good doctor, love never made a good poet. Desire for service never made a discovery.

Meanwhile - Chapter 5 (p. 44), George H. Doran. 1927