Discovery is the Greatest Possible Reward in Life

The indescribable pleasure—which pales the rest of life's joys—is abundant compensation for the investigator who endures the painful and persevering analytical work that precedes the appearance of the new truth, like the pain of childbirth. It is true to say that nothing for the scientific scholar is comparable to the things that he has discovered. Indeed, it would be difficult to find an investigator willing to exchange the paternity of a scientific conquest for all the gold on earth. And if there are some who look to science as a way of acquiring gold instead of applause from the learned, and the personal satisfaction associated with the very act of discovery, they have chosen the wrong profession.

Notes:

Any scientist who would trade it for all the gold in the world is working in the wrong profession.

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 Advice for a Young Investigator
Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book:  Cajal , Swanson , Swanson (2004-04-01), Advice for a Young Investigator, The MIT Press, Retrieved on 2012-01-30
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