Science emerges from the other progressive activities of man to the extent that new concepts arise from experiments and observations, and that the new concepts in turn lead to further experiments and observations. — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
Diversity of opinion within the framework of loyalty to our free society is not only basic to a university but to the entire nation. — James Bryant Conant Copy Share
Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based on excellence. — James Bryant Conant Copy Share
Education is what is left after all that has been learnt is forgotten. — James Bryant Conant Copy Share
A Harvard education consists of what you learn at Harvard while you are not studying. — James Bryant Conant Copy Share
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… — James Bryant Conant Copy Share
Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based on excellence of performance. — James Bryant Conant Copy Share
... scientific research is compounded of ... empirical procedures, general speculative ideas, and mathematical or abstract reasoning. — James Bryant Conant Copy Share
Democracy is a small hard core of common agreement, surrounded by a rich variety of individual differences. — James Bryant Conant Copy Share
Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below the surface. — James Bryant Conant Copy Share
A conceptual scheme is never discarded merely because of a few stubborn facts with which it cannot be reconciled; a conceptual scheme is either… — James Bryant Conant Copy Share
Public education is a great instrument of social change. Through it, if we so desire, we can make our country more nearly a democracy… — James Bryant Conant Copy Share
I venture to define science as a series of interconnected concepts and conceptual schemes arising from experiment and observation and fruitful of further experiments… — James Bryant Conant Copy Share
“Behold the turtle. He only makes progress when he sticks his neck out.” — James Bryant Conant Copy Share
