The Day When The Scientist, No Matter

I Have Suggested That Scientific Progress Requires A Favorable Environment.

We Have Reached The Age, Those Of Us To Whom Fortune Has Assigned A Post In Life's Struggle, When Beaten And Smashed And Biffed By The Lashing Of The Dragon's Tail, We Begin To Appreciate That The Old Man Was Not Such A Fool After All. We Saw Our Parents Wrestling With The Same Dragon, And We Thought, Though We Never Spoke A Thought Aloud, 'why Doesn't He Hit Him On The Head?' Alas, Comrads, We Know Now. We Have Hit The Dragon On The Head And We Have Seen The Dragon Smile.

For It Goes Without Saying That This Great Recognition At This Time Will Aid Tremendously Our Efforts To Find The Necessarily Large Funds For The Next Voyage Of Exploration Farther Into The Depths Of The Atom.

Let Us Cherish The Hope That The Day Is Not Far Distant When We Will Be In The Midst Of This Next Adventure.

But There Is No Joy In Mudville - Mighty Casey Has "struck Out."