People: People, May 5, 1947

The answers rolled in from all directions.

Explorer Roy Chapman Andrews explained what it takes to make a man an explorer: "He's got to be completely miserable when he's not exploring."

Inventor Charles F. Kettering, General Motors research chief, gave the recipe for an inventor: "To make an inventor, all you have to do is take his mind off the idea that it's a disgrace to fail. . .'.':

Herman F. Willkie, liquor-distilling elder brother of the late Wendell, announced that it is silly for anyone to do uncongenial work: "It is possible to make a...

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