새해를 맞으며 졸업생들에게는 "현명한 사람이 되라"는 말을, 재학생들에게는 '야망을 가진 사람이 되라"는 말을 하고 싶다.



졸업생들은 자신이 처한 상황과 능력 등을 고려해서, 매사에 서둘지 말고, 감정적으로 판단하지 말고, 가장 현명한 길을 택할 수 있도록 생각을 거듭하고 노력하기 바란다.



재학생들은 꿈을 갖기 바란다. 어차피 한 번 사는 인생, 시시하게 살지 말고 멋지게 살겠다는 생각을 갖기 바란다.

다음은 전자파의 존재를 실험적으로 발견한 Heinrich Hertz 에 대한 글의 일부이다.



Tragically, Hertz was as unfortunate with his health as he was fortunate with his talent. The first sign of trouble was a series of toothaches in 1888, which led to removal of all his teeth in 1889. By 1892, he was suffering from pains in his nose and throat, and was often depressed. His doctors could give him no satisfactory diagnosis. Several operations failed to provide permanent relief. By December 1893, he knew he would not recover, and in a letter he asked his parents "not to mourn... rather you must be a little proud and consider that I am among the especially elect destined to live for only a short while and yet to live enough. I did not choose this fate, but since it has overtaken me, I must be content; and if the choice had been left to me, perhaps I should have chosen it myself."

Hertz died of blood poisoning on New Year's Day, 1894; he was thirty-six years old.

--- From 'Great Physicists' by W. H. Cropper



빨리 죽자는 말이 아니라 보람있고 치열하게 살아보자는 이야기다...