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“consider the possibility that 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.”
― Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Advice for a Young Investigator

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“It is important to realize that if certain areas of science appear to be quite mature, others are in the process of development, and yet others remain to be born.”
― Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Advice for a Young Investigator

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“The mediocre can be educated; geniuses educate themselves.”
― Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Advice for a Young Investigator

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“Perseverance is a virtue of the less brilliant.”
― Santiago Ramón y Cajal

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“Heroes and scholars represent the opposite extremes... The scholar struggles for the benefit of all humanity, sometimes to reduce physical effort, sometimes to reduce pain, and sometimes to postpone death, or at least render it more bearable. In contrast, the patriot sacrifices a rather substantial part of humanity for the sake of his own prestige. His statue is always erected on a pedestal of ruins and corpses... In contrast, all humanity crowns a scholar, love forms the pedestal of his statues, and his triumphs defy the desecration of time and the judgment of history.”
― Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Advice for a Young Investigator