"Young man, a great tragedy has befallen you. You have lost your anonymity."
— Jonas Salk

January 1, 1970

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Edward R. Murrow, after the results of Salk's experiments were published, as quoted in Heroes for Our Times‎ (1968) edited by Will H. Yolen and Kenneth Seeman Giniger, p. 71