[ applause ] thank you. President , mr. Vice president , governor, congressman thomas, senator wiley and congressman miller, mr. Webb, mr. Bell, scientists, distinguished guests and ladies and gentlemen, i appreciate your president having made me an honorary visiting professor, and i will assure you that my first lecture will be very brief. I am delighted to be here. And i am particularly delighted to be here on this occasion. We meet at a college noted for knowledge in a city noted for progress in a state noted for strength. And we stand in need of all three. But we meet in an hour of change and challenge, in a decade of hope and fear, in an age of both knowledge and ignorance. The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds. Despite the striking fact that most of the scientists that the world has ever known are alive and working today, despite the fact that this nations own scientific manpower is doubling every 12 years in a rate of growth more than three times
President nixon, mr. Vice president , governor, congressman thomas and congressman miller. Mr. Webb, val, distinguished guests and ladies and gentlemen. I appreciate your president having made me a visiting honorary professor, and i assure you my first lecture will be very brief. I am delighted to be here, and i am particularly delighted to be here on this occasion. We meet at a college noted for knowledge, in a city noted for progress in a state noted for strength and we stand in need of all three, for we meet in an hour of change and challenge, in a decade of hope and fear, in an age of both knowledge and ignorance. The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds. Despite the striking fact that most of the scientists that the world has ever known are alive and working today, despite the fact that this nations own scientific manpower is doubling every 12 years in a rate of growth more than three times that of our population as a whole, despite that, the vast str
The end of the decade. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. [ cheers and applause ] mr. Vice president , governor, congressman thomas, senator wiley, congressman miller within mr. Webb, mr. Bell, scientists, distinguished guests and ladies and gentlemen, i appreciate your president having made me an honorary visiting professor. And i will assure you that my first lecture will be very brief. I am delighted to be here and particularly delighted to be here on this occasion. We meet at a college noted for knowledge in a city noted for progress, in a state noted for strength. And we stand in need of all three. But we meet in an hour of change and challenge in a decade of hope and fear, in an age of both knowledge and ignorance. The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds. Despite the striking fact, that most of the scientists that the world has ever known are alive and working today, despite the fact that this nations own scientific manpower is doubling every 12 yea
Mr. Vice president , governor, congressman thomas, senator wiley and congressman miller, mr. Webb, mr. Bell, scientists, distinguished guests, and ladies and gentlemen. I appreciate your president having made me an honorary visiting professor and i will assure you that my first lecture will be very brief. I am delighted to be here, and im particularly delighted to be here on this occasion. We meet at a college noted for knowledge, in a city noted for progress, in a state noted for strength. We stand in need of all three. We meet in an hour of change and challenge, in a decade of hope and fear, in an age of knowledge and ignorance. The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds. The despite the striking fact that most of the scientists the world has ever known are alive and working today. Despite the fact this nations own manpower is doubling every 10 years in a rate of growth more than three times that of our population as a whole. Despite that, the vast stretch
Most decided the world is alive and working today despite the fact that this nation owns scientific manpower is doubling every 12 years. In a rate of growth more than three times that of our population. Despite that. The stretches of the unknown, and the unanswered. And the unfinished. No man can fully grasp how far and how fast we have come, but condense if you will the 50,000 years of mans recorded history in a timespan of a half a century. Stated in these terms we know very little about the first 30 years. About 10 years ago under the standard man emerged from the cave to construct other kinds, only five years ago man learned a right. The Printing Press came this year, and less than two months ago during this whole 50 year span of Human History the steam engine provided a new source of power. Explained the meaning of gravity. Last month, automobiles, and airplanes became available. Only last week did we develop penicillin and television. And nuclear power. If they succeed in reachin