science: handmaiden of freedom 



Treasury. Construction of the accelerator will take six years, 

 at an over-all cost of approximately $100,000,000. 



Our Goals 



By such means the government labors to advance our 

 scientific knowledge and to further the free use of science for 

 healing, for enriching life, and freeing the spirit. In empha- 

 sizing these objectives and needs, I am deeply aware that they 

 are inseparable from the broader goal of enriching the quality 

 of our society and enhancing the excellence of our intellectual 

 life. 



We cannot improve science and engineering education 

 without strengthening education of all kinds. America must 

 educate all the varied talents of our citizens to the limit of their 

 abilities. Here what we seek is talent of the first rank. We do 

 not ask of a man his race, his color, his religion. In the field of 

 intellectual exploration, true freedom can and must be prac- 

 ticed. 



The dignity of man is enhanced by the dignity and free- 

 dom of learning. How well the learning is accomplished de- 

 pends upon the competence and devotion of those to whom 

 the training is entrusted: the teachers and educators at all 

 levels, everywhere, throughout our land. So let us cultivate 

 more respect for learning, for intellectual achievement, for 

 appreciation of the arts and humanities. Let us assign true 

 education a top place among our national goals. This means 

 that we must be willing to match our increasing investments in 

 material resources with increasing investments in men. 



For my part I have long urged and supported the idea that 

 there should be established a hall of fame for the Arts and 

 Sciences. Membership would be an honor to which every 

 American boy and girl could aspire. 



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