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real. We must always be ready to reach out for these intangible 

 realities which give to our life its nobility and its ultimate di- 

 rection. 



Ex oriente lux, ex occidente lex. Let us discipline our souls, and 

 be loyal to objective truth, yet heedful of every phasis of reality, 

 whether tangible or not. The scientist who is not too proud, who 

 does not assume an aggressively "western" attitude, but remem- 

 bers the eastern origin of his highest thoughts, who is not ashamed 

 of his ideals — will not be more efficient, but he will be more hu- 

 mane, a better servant of the truth, a better instrument of destiny, 

 a gentler man. 



