“There is no more potent antidote to the corroding influence of mammon than the presence in the community of a body of men devoted to science, living for investigation and caring nothing for the lust of the eyes and the pride of life.” MenLifeBodyEyeScienceCommunityInfluencePrideCaringLustInvestigationDevotedAntidote Book:Osler's Source: Osler's
“Plasticity, then, in the wide sense of the word, means the possession of a structure weak enough to yield to an influence, but strong enough not to yield all at once. Each relatively stable phase of equilibrium in such a structure is marked by what we may call a new set of habits.” MayMeanEnoughScienceStrongInfluenceHabitWeakStructurePossessionWideYieldStablePhasesStrong EnoughEquilibriumNomenclaturePlasticity Book:The Principles of Psychology Source: The Principles of Psychology