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Prospects for a More Hopeful Future |
| Section: NATURAL SCIENCE / SCIENCE ESSAY |
| Author: Carol Anne Bundy |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/1997 |
| Size: 1,723 Words, 11,463 Characters |
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Even as a small boy of four, Jonas Salk was moved by human suffering. Watching the returned World War I soldiers march down Fifth Avenue in his native New York City, the young Salk wished he could do something to ease the pain of the wounded. In later life when asked why he had decided to pursue medicine, Salk referred to this childhood experience as seminal in his decision to become a doctor and ultimately to dedicate his life to the field of medical research, where he felt he could make the biggest difference.vbcrlf Impelled by his sense of responsibility, Salk became one of this century's greatest scientists and public servants, exhibiting until his final days in June 1995 at the age of 80 a formidable strength of purpose with which he appr...
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...ess of our purpose in life and our role as humans in the unfolding of our collective future. Such an awareness to Salk would represent a new morality in which the wisest would endure, finding a way to pass their wisdom on to future generations. Assuming the capacity, the question remains, Do we have the will? The answer, to Salk, seemed obvious as he observed a world ripe for metamorphosis. vbcrlf
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