Stephen Jay Gould Quote

The truly awesome intellectuals in our history have not merely made discoveries; they have woven variegated, but firm, tapestries of comprehensive coverage. The tapestries have various fates: Most burn or unravel in the footsteps of time and the fires of later discovery. But their glory lies in their integrity as unified structures of great complexity and broad implication.

"Men of the Thirty-Third Division: An Essay on Integrity", p. 125 - Eight Little Piggies (1993)