“The pioneer spirit is still vigorous within this nation. Science offers a largely unexplored hinterland for the pioneer who has the tools for his task.”

—  Vannevar Bush

Letter to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt while director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development. (5 July 1945)
Context: The pioneer spirit is still vigorous within this nation. Science offers a largely unexplored hinterland for the pioneer who has the tools for his task. The rewards of such exploration both for the Nation and the individual are great. Scientific progress is one essential key to our security as a nation, to our better health, to more jobs, to higher standard of living, and to our cultural progress.

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American electrical engineer and science administrator 1890–1974

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