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> [Science advances, not by the accumulation of new facts, but by the continuous development of new concepts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryant-conant/science-advances-not-by-the-accumulation-of-new-facts-but-by-the/)

[James Bryant Conant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryant-conant/)

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> [Science advances, not by the accumulation of new facts, but by the continuos development of new concepts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryant-conant/science-advances-not-by-the-accumulation-of-new-facts-but-by-the-2/)

[James Bryant Conant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryant-conant/)

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## More by James Bryant Conant

> [Diversity of opinion within the framework of loyalty to our free society is not only basic to a university but to the entire nation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryant-conant/diversity-of-opinion-within-the-framework-of-loyalty-to-our-free/)

[James Bryant Conant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryant-conant/)

> [Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based on excellence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryant-conant/each-honest-calling-each-walk-of-life-has-its-own-elite-its-own/)

[James Bryant Conant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryant-conant/)

> [Education is what is left after all that has been learnt is forgotten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryant-conant/education-is-what-is-left-after-all-that-has-been-learnt-is-forgotten/)

[James Bryant Conant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryant-conant/)

> [A Harvard education consists of what you learn at Harvard while you are not studying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryant-conant/a-harvard-education-consists-of-what-you-learn-at-harvard-while-you/)

[James Bryant Conant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryant-conant/)

> [There is only one proved method of assisting the advancement of pure science-that of picking men of genius, backing them heavily, and leaving them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryant-conant/there-is-only-one-proved-method-of-assisting-the-advancement-of-pure/)

[James Bryant Conant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryant-conant/)

> [Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based on excellence of performance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryant-conant/each-honest-calling-each-walk-of-life-has-its-own-elite-its-own-2/)

[James Bryant Conant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryant-conant/)

> [... scientific research is compounded of ... empirical procedures, general speculative ideas, and mathematical or abstract reasoning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryant-conant/scientific-research-is-compounded-of-empirical-procedures-general/)

[James Bryant Conant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryant-conant/)

> [He who enters a university walks on hallowed ground.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryant-conant/he-who-enters-a-university-walks-on-hallowed-ground/)

[James Bryant Conant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryant-conant/)

> [Democracy is a small hard core of common agreement, surrounded by a rich variety of individual differences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryant-conant/democracy-is-a-small-hard-core-of-common-agreement-surrounded-by-a/)

[James Bryant Conant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryant-conant/)

> [Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below the surface.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryant-conant/behavior-which-appears-superficially-correct-but-is-intrinsically/)

[James Bryant Conant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryant-conant/)

> [Just like a turtle, we only make progress if we stick our neck out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryant-conant/just-like-a-turtle-we-only-make-progress-if-we-stick-our-neck-out/)

[James Bryant Conant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryant-conant/)

> [A conceptual scheme is never discarded merely because of a few stubborn facts with which it cannot be reconciled; a conceptual scheme is either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryant-conant/a-conceptual-scheme-is-never-discarded-merely-because-of-a-few/)

[James Bryant Conant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryant-conant/)

> [Public education is a great instrument of social change. Through it, if we so desire, we can make our country more nearly a democracy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryant-conant/public-education-is-a-great-instrument-of-social-change-through-it-if/)

[James Bryant Conant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryant-conant/)

> [I venture to define science as a series of interconnected concepts and conceptual schemes arising from experiment and observation and fruitful of further experiments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryant-conant/i-venture-to-define-science-as-a-series-of-interconnected-concepts/)

[James Bryant Conant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryant-conant/)

> [“Behold the turtle. He only makes progress when he sticks his neck out.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryant-conant/behold-the-turtle-he-only-makes-progress-when-he-sticks-his-neck-out/)

[James Bryant Conant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryant-conant/)

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