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In the advance of civilization, it is new knowledge which paves the way, and the pavement is eternal.

A persistent and age-old instinct makes us want to wander
Into regions yet untrod
And read what is still unread
In the manuscripts of God.

The valuable attributes of research men are conscious ignorance and active curiosity.

Research is appreciation.

Somebody is always reflectively monkeying with some of the parts of an infinite universe - monkeying as distinct from aping.