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.

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.

I have gotten over feeling badly. We would be eternally miserable if our errors worried us too much because as we push forward we will make plenty more.

The atomic bombs will surely shorten the war, and let us hope that they will effectively end war as a possibility in human affairs.

I have suggested that scientific progress requires a favorable environment.

But there is no joy in Mudville - mighty Casey has "struck out."

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