“I would be the last to deny that the greatest scientific pioneers belonged to an aristocracy of the spirit and were exceptionally intelligent, something that we as modest investigators will never attain, no matter how much we exert ourselves. Nevertheless ... I continue to believe that there is always room for anyone with average intelligence ... to utilize his energy and ... any man could, if he were so inclined, be the sculptor of his own brain, and that even the least gifted may, like the poorest land that has been well-cultivated and fertilized, produce an abundant harvest.” IfsMenBelieveWellsMayHas BeensMatterWould BeLastsSpiritBeliefEnergyRoomsBrainLandProduceIntelligentAverageIntelligenceDenyNeverthelessGiftedModestHarvestExceptionalAttainmentPioneersPoorestAristocracySculptorsExertionInvestigators Author:Santiago Ramon y Cajal
“The great fact was the land itself, which seemed to overwhelm the little beginnings of human society that struggled in its sombre wastes.” HumansLittlesFactsLandWastePioneersHuman Society Book:The Best of Willa Cather Source: The Best of Willa Cather
“It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression.” FormLiteratureLandExpressionFailurePioneersUndertakingsPioneering Book:The Passionate State of Mind Source: The Passionate State of Mind
“A pioneer is a man who turned all the grass upside down, strung bob-wire over the dust that was left, poisoned the water, cut down the trees, killed the Indian who owned the land and called it progress.” MenLeftWaterCuttingProgressTreeLandDustIndianGrassBobWirePioneersUpside Down Author:Charles Marion Russell