After reading the paper(J. Org. Chem. 2004, 69, 2917-2919),
I was much touched by the following paragraphs. May this
also encourge all of us.
"I believe even more strongly that the 21st century will see
the general availability of up-to-date, good-quality basic
health care and education in all countries of the earth beca
use this will be seen by the more advanced countries not only
as achievable but also as a prerequisite to world stability and
the well being of peoples everywhere. I hope that it is not an
impossible dream because the economic and social benefits will
be great, especially as medicine advances. I believe that
scientists, medical professionals, economists, the media, those
skilled in governance, and especially the young and altruistic
should start to champion this cause and make clear plans for how
it might be accomplished. I should stress the young because it will
be a very complex and lengthy undertaking. To them and to those
starting careers in chemistry, I would offer the following advice:
Never underestimate what you can accomplish if you prepare yourself
well, continue to learn, work hard and optimistically, and value your
integrity.
I am often asked about my vision for the future of chemistry, especially
synthetic chemistry. As just stated, I believe that chemical synthesis
will make enormous contributions to human progress in the next century
especially when coupled to biology and medicine. However, those
developments will not be fully realized without great and continuing
advances in the central disciplines of chemistry. There is so much
that remains to be discovered, in my opinion, that today's chemistry
will seem archaic to a 22nd century chemist. I envy the young people
in chemistry who will experience the excitement and pleasure of making
the many discoveries of the next century of chemical research. Yet, at
the same time, I worry about whether the younger generations of this
country and the world will aspire to high creativity and persevere to
achieve their impossible dreams.
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