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> [No new creation or destruction of matter is within the reach of chemical agency. We might as well attempt to introduce a new planet into the solar system, or to annihilate one already in existence, as to create or destroy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dalton/no-new-creation-or-destruction-of-matter-is-within-the-reach-of/)

[John Dalton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dalton/)

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## More by John Dalton

> [The cause of rain is now, I consider, no longer an object of doubt. If two masses of air of unequal temperatures, by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dalton/the-cause-of-rain-is-now-i-consider-no-longer-an-object-of-doubt-if/)

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> [“I was introduced to Mr. Davy , who has rooms adjoining mine (in the Royal Institution); he is a very agreeable and intelligent young…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dalton/i-was-introduced-to-mr-davy-who-has-rooms-adjoining-mine-in-the-royal/)

[John Dalton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dalton/)

> [No new creation or destruction of matter is within the reach of chemical agency. We might as well attempt to introduce a new planet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dalton/no-new-creation-or-destruction-of-matter-is-within-the-reach-of/)

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> [It's the right idea, but not the right time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dalton/it-s-the-right-idea-but-not-the-right-time/)

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> [Matter, though divisible in an extreme degree, is nevertheless not infinitely divisible. That is, there must be some point beyond which we cannot go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dalton/matter-though-divisible-in-an-extreme-degree-is-nevertheless-not/)

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> [If I have succeeded better than many who surround me, it has been chiefly - may I say almost solely - from universal assiduity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dalton/if-i-have-succeeded-better-than-many-who-surround-me-it-has-been/)

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> [This paper will no doubt be found interesting by those who take an interest in it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dalton/this-paper-will-no-doubt-be-found-interesting-by-those-who-take-an/)

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> [We should scarcely be excused in concluding this essay without calling the reader's attention to the beneficent and wise laws established by the author…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dalton/we-should-scarcely-be-excused-in-concluding-this-essay-without/)

[John Dalton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dalton/)

> [Reconsidering Happiness captures all the contradictory impulses of falling in and out of love-the lust and wanderlust, the contentment and restlessness, the secret loyalties,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dalton/reconsidering-happiness-captures-all-the-contradictory-impulses-of/)

[John Dalton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dalton/)

> [I was introduced to Mr. Davy, who has rooms adjoining mine (in the Royal Institution); he is a very agreeable and intelligent young man,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dalton/i-was-introduced-to-mr-davy-who-has-rooms-adjoining-mine-in-the-royal-2/)

[John Dalton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dalton/)

> [Berzelius' symbols are horrifying. A young student in chemistry might as soon learn Hebrew as make himself acquainted with them... They appear to me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dalton/berzelius-symbols-are-horrifying-a-young-student-in-chemistry-might/)

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> [I spent several years acquiring the obsessive, day-to-day discipline that's needed if you want to write professionally, then several more, highly valuable years studying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dalton/i-spent-several-years-acquiring-the-obsessive-day-to-day-discipline/)

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