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Let us cherish the hope that the day is not far distant when we will be in the midst of this next adventure.

~Ernest Lawrence

Topics: Adventure Cherish Day Distant Far Hope Let Us Midst Next Us Will

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No individual is alone responsible for a single stepping stone along the path of progress, and where the path is smooth progress is most rapid.

~Ernest Lawrence

Topics: Alone Along Individual Most Path Progress Rapid Responsible Single Smooth Stepping Stepping Stone Stone Where

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The day when the scientist, no matter how devoted, may make significant progress alone and without material help is past. This fact is most self-evident in our work.

~Ernest Lawrence

Topics: Alone Day Devoted Fact Help How Make Material Matter May Most Our Past Progress Scientist Self-Evident Significant Without Work

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In the Radiation Laboratory we count it a privilege to do everything we can to assist our medical colleagues in the application of these new tools to the problems of human suffering.

~Ernest Lawrence

Topics: Application Assist Colleagues Count Everything Human Human Suffering Laboratory Medical New Our Privilege Problems Radiation Suffering Tools

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From the beginning of the Radiation Laboratory, I have had the rare good fortune of being in the center of a group of men of high ability, enthusiastic and completely devoted to scientific pursuits.

~Ernest Lawrence

Topics: Ability Beginning Being Center Devoted Enthusiastic Fortune Good Good Fortune Group Had High Laboratory Men Pursuits Radiation Rare Scientific

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Instead of an attic with a few test tubes, bits of wire and odds and ends, the attack on the atomic nucleus has required the development and construction of great instruments on an engineering scale.

~Ernest Lawrence

Topics: Atomic Attack Attic Bits Construction Development Ends Engineering Few Great Instead Instruments Odds Required Scale Test Tubes Wire

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I have suggested that scientific progress requires a favorable environment.

~Ernest Lawrence

Topics: Environment Favorable Progress Requires Scientific Scientific Progress Suggested

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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.

~Ernest Lawrence

Topics: Aid Atom Depths Efforts Exploration Farther Find Funds Goes Great Large Necessarily Next Our Recognition Saying Time Tremendously Voyage Will Without

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Certainly, it may bring to light such a deeper knowledge of the structure of matter as to constitute a veritable discontinuity in the progress of science.

~Ernest Lawrence

Topics: Bring Certainly Constitute Deeper Knowledge Light Matter May Progress Science Structure

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: August 8th, 1901

Died: August 27th, 1958

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