Theobald Smith quotes
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“More and more of out colleagues fail to understand our work because of the high specialization of research problems. We must not be discouraged if the products of our labor are not read or even known to exist. The joy of research must be found in doing since every other harvest is uncertain.”
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“No research will answer all queries that the future may raise. It is wiser to praise the work for what it has accomplished and then to formulate the problems still to be solved.”
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“Discovery should come as an adventure rather than as the result of a logical process of thought. Sharp, prolonged thinking is necessary that we may keep on the chosen road but it does not itself necessarily lead to discovery. The investigator must be ready and on the spot when the light comes from whatever direction.”
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“In general, a fact is worth more than theories in the long run. The theory stimulates, but the fact builds. The former in due time is replaced by one better but the fact remains and becomes fertile.”
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“While the nature of Texas fever is by no means made clear as yet, we are able to affirm that ticks can produce it. Whether the disease can be transmitted by any other agency must be decided by future investigations. Meanwhile the evidence accumulated thus far seems to favor very strongly the dictum: No ticks, no Texas fever.”
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“Research cannot be forced very much. There is always danger of too much foliage and too little fruit.”
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“Research has deserted the individual and entered the group. The individual worker find the problem too large, not too difficult. He must learn to work with others.”
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“Discovery should come as an adventure rather than as the result of a logical process of thought.”
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“Wanting to work is so rare a merit, that it should be encouraged.”
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“Without animal research, polio would still be claiming thousands of lives each year.”
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Source : "Alessandro Nivola On the Record". Interview with Aaron Hillis, www.ifc.com. April 08, 2010.
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