No research will answer all queries that the future may raise. It is wiser to praise the work for what it has accomplished and then to formulate the …

- Theobald Smith

Discovery should come as an adventure rather than as the result of a logical process of thought.

- Theobald Smith

Discovery should come as an adventure rather than as the result of a logical process of thought. Sharp, prolonged thinking is necessary that we may k…

- Theobald Smith

Research has deserted the individual and entered the group. The individual worker find the problem too large, not too difficult. He must learn to wor…

- Theobald Smith

More and more of out colleagues fail to understand our work because of the high specialization of research problems. We must not be discouraged if th…

- Theobald Smith

In general, a fact is worth more than theories in the long run. The theory stimulates, but the fact builds. The former in due time is replaced by one…

- Theobald Smith

While the nature of Texas fever is by no means made clear as yet, we are able to affirm that ticks can produce it. Whether the disease can be transmi…

- Theobald Smith

Research cannot be forced very much. There is always danger of too much foliage and too little fruit.

- Theobald Smith