The Search for Truth
EARLY all scientists are influenced by a belief in some form-of the simplicity of nature. But at present we seem to be far off any unified and logical foundation for the material universe. And attempts at this are far from simple. So much remains incomprehensible that an attitude of discouragement and loss of faith is sometimes found. The facts and theories of science are more mysterious to-day, than in the days of Aristotle. We’ve been taught many wholesome lessons in humility, but we must not lose heart. Comfort may be drawn from the belief that the search for truth is more precious than its possession. Also the stream of discovery shows no signs of abatement and increases continually the volume of scientific truth. In the story of progress truth after truth has been unearthed, law after law has been discovered, and fallacy after fallacy has been removed. There has gradually emerged a glimpse of a grand cosmical scheme of orderliness, which commands our respect and compels our awe.-("The Search for Truth: How Science Advances." Talk by Dr. C. M. Focken, 4YA August 20).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 62, 30 August 1940, Page 6
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187The Search for Truth New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 62, 30 August 1940, Page 6
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