With the mantra from Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpshicore, Thalia and Urania (the muses) I will try to continue and expand upon the mandate of my four predecessors.

"nanos gigantium humeris insidentes" [12 century quote attributed to Bernard of Chartres (dwarfs on the shoulders of giants), perhaps the source of Newton's much more famous quip to his rival Hooke on February 5, 1676]