It is sometimes easier to circumvent prevailing difficulties [in science] rather than to attack them. — Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff Copy Share Image
A famous name has this peculiarity that it becomes gradually smaller especially in natural sciences where each succeeding discovery invariably overshadows what precedes. — Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff Copy Share Image
Whereas the chemico-chemists always find in industry a beautiful field of gold-laden soil, the physico-chemists stand somewhat farther off, especially those who seek only… — Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff Copy Share Image
It is sometimes easier to circumvent prevailing difficulties [in science] rather than to attack them. — Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff Copy Share Image
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