Whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so that all ingenious people might be informed thereof.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
This was the most important discovery I had ever made in my life. It was a discovery which has irrevocably changed my whole life's direction. It immediately elevated me to the status of one of the world's leading anthropologists.
I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent.
The great discoveries are usually obvious.
I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have intentionally omitted so as to leave to others the pleasure of discovery.
So in the first draft, I'm inventing people and place with a broad schematic idea of what's going to happen. In the process, of course, I discover all sorts of bigger and more substantial things.
I believe scientists have a duty to share the excitement and pleasure of their work with the general public, and I enjoy the challenge of presenting difficult ideas in an understandable way.
The Discovery was the most intricate, complex machine man has ever built. It's a testament to our time.
Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.
With time, many of the facts I learned were forgotten but I never lost the excitement of discovery.
It's nice to witness these discoveries at first hand.
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