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"The establishment of a law, moreover, does not take place when the first thought of it takes form, or even when its significance is recognised, but only when it has been confirmed by the results of the experiment."
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"We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them."

"Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame."

"All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows."
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"Elements which are similar as regards their chemical properties have atomic weights which are either of nearly the same value (eg. Pt, Ir, Os) or which increase regularly (eg. K, Ru, Cs)."

"The establishment of a law, moreover, does not take place when the first thought of it takes form, or even when its significance is recognised, but only when it has been confirmed by the results of the experiment."

"The magnitude of the atomic weight determines the character of the element, just as the magnitude of the molecule determines the character of a compound body."

"I want you to have this feeling too - it is my moral responsibility to help you achieve this inner freedom."

"Pleasures flit by - they are only for yourself; work leaves a mark of long-lasting joy, work is for others."

"No law of nature, however general, has been established all at once; its recognition has always been preceded by many presentiments."

"It is the function of science to discover the existence of a general reign of order in nature and to find the causes governing this order. And this refers in equal measure to the relations of man - social and political - and to the entire universe as a whole."

"The most all penetrating spirit before which will open the possibility of tilting not tables, but planets, is the spirit of free human inquiry. Believe only in that."
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