If, on occasion, the ...

If, on occasion, the knowledge brought by science leads to an unhappy end, this is not to the discredit of science but is rather an indication of an imperfect ability to use wisely the gifts placed within our hands.
 Polykarp Kusch

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I count myself fortunate to be able to participate in the life of science in this era.
 Polykarp Kusch
I feel, sometimes, as the renaissance man must have felt in finding new riches at every point and in the certainty that unexplored areas of knowledge and experience await at every turn.
 Polykarp Kusch
No single achievement in science is possible without the painstaking work of the many hundreds who have built the foundation on which all new work is based.
 Polykarp Kusch