The mark of an educated man is the ability to make a reasoned guess on the basis of insufficient information.
Abbott Lawrence LowellYou will be courteous to your elders who have explored to the point from which you may advance; and helpful to your juniors who will progress farther by reason of your labors.
Abbott Lawrence LowellYou will not accept credit that is due to another, or harbor jealousy of an explorer who is more fortunate.
Abbott Lawrence LowellA tale is told of a man in Paris during the upheaval in 1948, who saw a friend marching after a crowd toward the barricades. Warning him that these could not be held against the troops, that he had better keep way, he received this reply, " I must follow them. I am their leader."
Abbott Lawrence Lowell