"The most startling result of Faraday's Law is perhaps this. If we accept the hypothesis that the elementary substances are composed of atoms, we cannot avoid concluding that electricity also, positive as well as negative, is divided into definite elementary portions, which behave like atoms of electricity."

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Source : Hermann von Helmholtz (1971). “Selected writings of Hermann von Helmholtz”, Wesleyan Univ Pr

Hermann von Helmholtz

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“Achievers can almost literally taste success because they imagine their goals in such vivid detail. Setbacks only seem to add spice and favor to the final taste of victory.”
“The most important thing I learned as a foreign correspondent in about 80 countries is that it takes a very shallow knowledge of history to think that there are solutions to most problems.”
“We're machines for turning caffeine into physics”
“We cannot pursue a classical and Christian education as a fad. We are not purchasing intellectual hula hoops for the kids.”
“Rights are to be taken, not requested; seized, not begged for.”

Source : "Inside the Monster : Writings on the United States and American Imperialism" by José Martí, translated by Elinor Randall, (p. 27), 1975.
“Bold clean energy action is needed to stave off a climate hostile to human life.”
“We Can Only Exist By Taking Our Minds Off The Fact That We Exist”
“Reading and writing is so important, and it's something I am really keen to promote. It's something that can be a bit lost these days with so much else going on.”

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