Science has its competition, as keen as that which is the life of commerce. But its rivalries are over the question who shall contribute the most and the best to the sum total of knowledge; who shall give the most, not who shall take the most.


Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science, Chapter XVIII (p. 298), Harper & Brothers Publishers. 1906

Simon Newcomb Quotes

Science has its competition, as keen as that which is the life of commerce. But its rivalries are over the question who shall contribute the most and ...

Science has its competition, as keen as that which is the life of commerce. But its rivalries are over the question who shall contribute the most and ...

Science has its competition, as keen as that which is the life of commerce. But its rivalries are over the question who shall contribute the most and ...

Science has its competition, as keen as that which is the life of commerce. But its rivalries are over the question who shall contribute the most and ...