"We are perhaps not far removed from the time when we shall be able to submit the bulk of chemical phenomena to calculation."

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Source : John Dalton, Amedeo Avogadro, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1911). “Foundations of the Molecular Theory: Comprising Papers and Extracts”

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac

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“the private conscience is the last and only protection of the civilized world.”

Source : Martha Gellhorn (2015). “The View From The Ground”, p.220, Granta Books
“With Yeltsin, the Soviet Union broke apart, the country was totally mismanaged, the constitution was not respected by the regions of Russia. The army, education and health systems collapsed. People in the West quietly applauded, dancing with and around Yeltsin. I conclude therefore that we should not pay too much attention to what the West is saying.”
“In our day, computer technology and the proliferation of books on CD-ROM have not affected - as far as statistics show - the production and sale of books in their old-fashioned codex form.”
“Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.”
“I think there's a misconception of my wanting to do dark stuff.”
“So what'll happen is there'll be some very good cinema experiences are going to see 3D where you have to pay more. And there'll be some bad experiences of going to see movies in 3D. And I just hope that this kind of gold rush mentality doesn't kill what could actually be something that really, really benefits the industry.”
“We negotiate with chaos for some sense of satisfaction.”
“My son, all my life I have loved this science so deeply that I can now hear my heart beat for joy. Commenting about Pasteur's accomplishment of separating two asymmetric forms of tartaric acid crystals.”

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