
Short
Stories
of Science and Invention
A
Collection of Radio Talks by
Charles F. Kettering
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18.
Ancient
Battleground
Fortunately for civilization, the arts and sciences
are not so
jealous of boundaries, races or creeds. In this same province at
Strasbourg, Louis Pasteur was a teacher, and the German author Goethe,
a student. At some future date, men may find it more profitable to
devote their time and energy to finding facts, and less to the
destructive habit of centuries, fighting. After all, these 2000 years
of war have settled absolutely nothing.
I have great faith in the future, for while a Metz
may be constantly at the mercy of power-seeking men and always subject
to their selfish plans, the accumulated works of scientists, writers,
and composers remain as a useful heritage long after the intrigues
and ambitions of the warlords are gone and forgotten. ●
 
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