"But it is not given to every electrician to die in so glorious a manner as the justly envied Richmann."

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Source : Joseph Priestley (1966). “The History and Present State of Electricity: With Original Experiments. Reprinted from the 3d Ed., London, 1755, with an Appendix Containing Two Additional Papers of Original Experiments by the Author, and a New Introd. by Robert E. Shofield”

Joseph Priestley

#Science Quotes #Envy Quotes #Given Quotes

“I said that I was gonna smash him in three rounds, and that's what I did.”
“There was nothing that I ever did, no conscious effort to do one kind of behavior or another, I can't explain what it was, but I can explain that the thinking of the time was that we didn't want to emulate our heroes. That wasn't kosher. 'Don't try to play the old cliches, play like yourself' - that's what people were saying”
“Prayer does not mean asking God for all kinds of things we want, it is rather the desire for God Himself, the only Giver of Life.”
“The objectives of education and industry are identical. Both are interested in good citizenship, in serving society, in a better life-and both firmly believe in freedom.”
“I'm certainly not shy, but I like playing it because I love those characters that are incredibly confident but really still a mess.”
“When I say I believe in a square deal i do not mean to give every man the best hand. If the cards do not come to any man, or if they do come, and he has not got the power to play them, that is his affair. All I mean is that there shall be no crookedness in the dealing.”
“We live in our own souls as in an unmapped region, a few acres of which we have cleared for our habitation; while of the nature of those nearest us we know but the boundaries that march with ours.”
“(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.”

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