“It is not the courage to venture into the unknown. It is the courage to accept – indeed, embrace – uncertainty.” To be a scientist, one would generally think of intelligence, but there is more to it than just intelligence. This passage from “The Great Influenza” is written by John M. Barry. The idea of the passage is, “A scientist must accept the fact that all his or her work, even beliefs, may break apart upon the sharp edge of a single laboratory finding.” Stated by Barry, he is generally saying that you need to have courage and be ready for anything you discover or come upon as a scientist, but he uses rhetorical strategies to show and emphasize the importance. To begin with, Barry states, “a scientist has nothing to believe in but the