Imagination coupled with skepticism and an ability to wonder — if you possess these, bountiful nature will hand you some of the secrets out of her inexhaustible store. The pleasure you will experience in discovering truth will repay you for your work; don't expect other compensation, because it may not come.


Earth in Upheaval, Supplement, Worlds in Collision in the Light of Recent Finds in, Archaeology, Geology, and Astronomy, Address, Princeton University, October 14, 1953 (p. 279)


Imagination coupled with skepticism and an ability to wonder — if you possess these, bountiful nature will hand you some of the secrets out of her...

Imagination coupled with skepticism and an ability to wonder — if you possess these, bountiful nature will hand you some of the secrets out of her...

Imagination coupled with skepticism and an ability to wonder — if you possess these, bountiful nature will hand you some of the secrets out of her...

Imagination coupled with skepticism and an ability to wonder — if you possess these, bountiful nature will hand you some of the secrets out of her...