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" We could live at the present day without a Plato, but a double number of Newtons is required to discover the secrets of nature, and to bring life into harmony with the laws of nature. "
Dmitri Mendeleev
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" There exists everywhere a medium in things, determined by equilibrium. "
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" No one nor anything can silence me. "
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" Certain characteristic properties of elements can be foretold from their atomic weights. "
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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). "
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" 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. "
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" We must expect the discovery of many as yet unknown elements-for example, elements analogous to aluminum and silicon- whose atomic weight would be between 65 and 75. "
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" There is nothing in this world that I fear to say. "
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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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" 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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" I have achieved an inner freedom. "
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" The elements, if arranged according to their atomic weights, exhibit an apparent periodicity of properties. "
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