december 16th, 1901.

"she seemed compelled to interact with others and found little interest in animals or nature except in their relationship to human activities. when a new zealand host arranged for her small plane to land briefly to see a famous glacier, she was puzzled. "glacier!" she said, "why should i want to get out of a plane just to look at a glacier? who'll be there to talk to?"'



"if one cannot state a matter clearly enough so that even an intelligent twelve-year-old can understand it, one should remain within the cloistered walls of the university and laboratory until one gets a better grasp of one's subject matter."