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...science. "It is in this strong conviction that I particularly stress the freedom of the scholar and the researcher." On the other hand, the scientific specialist must "understand that his first responsibility to himself and to his country is to be a good citizen. Above all he must comprehend how his own work fits in effectively in promoting the national welfare...
...Thus, since its inception, our nation has been dedicated to the principle that man. in his relationship with other men, should be governed by moral, or natural law. It was believed that this was something that all could comprehend. So great responsibilities were placed upon a jury, and the conscience of the chancellor was relied upon to temper legal rigors with equity. And legislatures annually change our statute laws in the hope of thereby making these laws more conformable to justice...
...Dixie Diehards comprehend what our country's protection on the high seas would be like if say, off Quemoy, a ship's boiler room shut down because the whites wouldn't work with the Negroes? (YN2) S. C. SHERBURNE U.S.N...
...most ballparks are a germ hazard that would turn a bacteriologist grey. Why, when I came to the Dodgers, I spent a quarter of a million dollars just to change the urinals, and Branch Rickey, who was the general manager, nearly had a stroke. He couldn't comprehend spending that much money on the customers when we could spend it on ballplayers...
...take me three years." Yet the work has to be held together, and that is Von Braun's job. It is a job to which he brings a spectrum of knowledge that spans many specialties. Explains Test Lab Chief Karl Heimburg: "I might find it hard to comprehend what Walter Haeusserman [head of the guidance and control lab] is saying. His field is strange to me. Yet Professor von Braun can restate it and make me see clear as day. This is a genius quality...