THEORIES AND CONCLUSIONS 



phere of the laboratory, or in the calm 

 seclusion of the library. He has not been 

 attempting to formulate any laws. He has 

 not set out to overturn the conceptions of 

 other men. He has carried forward his work 

 with passionate eagerness for the truth. His 

 creative work has been for the good of 

 the world; his studies have also been for 

 the welfare of man, never for the glorification 

 of self. They have never been entered into 

 with the spirit of the academician, or with 

 any preconceived theories waiting to be 

 put into laws. Plain, old-fashioned truth 

 has been his seeking : If, in reaching the goal, 

 he has been obliged to cast aside some of 

 the impedimenta of the scientists, it has not 

 been in anger, but because of haste. 



Very early in his career, even when he had 

 but begun his preliminary business life, two 

 words ever rang in his ears, How? and Why? 

 Day by day he sent these words forward 

 into the hidden realm of Nature, and day by 

 day they came back to him laden with 

 answers. How came it that a certain plant 

 upon which he was conducting a given 

 experiment had gathered to itself certain 



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