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> [If you had come to me a hundred years ago, do you think I should have dreamed of the telephone? Why, even now I cannot understand it! I use it every day, I transact half my correspondence by means of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-crookes/if-you-had-come-to-me-a-hundred-years-ago-do-you-think-i-should-have-2/)

[William Crookes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-crookes/)

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## More by William Crookes

> [England and all civilised nations stand in deadly peril of not having enough to eat. As mouths multiply, food resources dwindle. Land is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-crookes/england-and-all-civilised-nations-stand-in-deadly-peril-of-not-having/)

[William Crookes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-crookes/)

> [Most students of nature sooner or later pass through a process of writing off a large percentage of their supposed capital of knowledge as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-crookes/most-students-of-nature-sooner-or-later-pass-through-a-process-of/)

[William Crookes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-crookes/)

> [The rare earth elements perplex us in our researches, baffle us in our speculations, and haunt us in our very dreams. They stretch like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-crookes/the-rare-earth-elements-perplex-us-in-our-researches-baffle-us-in-our/)

[William Crookes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-crookes/)

> [The phenomena in these exhausted tubes reveal to physical science a new world-a world where matter may exist in a fourth state, where the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-crookes/the-phenomena-in-these-exhausted-tubes-reveal-to-physical-science-a/)

[William Crookes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-crookes/)

> [Our alleged facts might be true in all kinds of ways without contradicting any truth already known. I will dwell now on only one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-crookes/our-alleged-facts-might-be-true-in-all-kinds-of-ways-without/)

[William Crookes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-crookes/)

> [Chemists do not usually stutter. It would be very awkward if they did, seeing that they have at times to get out such words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-crookes/chemists-do-not-usually-stutter-it-would-be-very-awkward-if-they-did/)

[William Crookes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-crookes/)

> [“If you had come to me a hundred years ago, do you think I should have dreamed of the telephone? Why, even now I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-crookes/if-you-had-come-to-me-a-hundred-years-ago-do-you-think-i-should-have/)

[William Crookes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-crookes/)

> [If you had come to me a hundred years ago, do you think I should have dreamed of the telephone? Why, even now I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-crookes/if-you-had-come-to-me-a-hundred-years-ago-do-you-think-i-should-have-2/)

[William Crookes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-crookes/)

> [Which was first, Matter or Force? If we think on this question, we shall find that we are unable to conceive of matter without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-crookes/which-was-first-matter-or-force-if-we-think-on-this-question-we-shall/)

[William Crookes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-crookes/)

> [ Probably if half a kilogram \[of radium\] were in a bottle on that table it would kill us all. It would almost certainly destroy… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-crookes/probably-if-half-a-kilogram-of-radium-were-in-a-bottle-on-that-table/)

[William Crookes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-crookes/)

> [...Nature-the word that stands for the baffling mysteries of the Universe. Steadily, unflinchingly, we strive to pierce the inmost heart of Nature, from what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-crookes/nature-the-word-that-stands-for-the-baffling-mysteries-of-the/)

[William Crookes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-crookes/)

> [It can scarcely be denied that the fundamental phenomena which first led mankind into chemical inquiries are those of combustion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-crookes/it-can-scarcely-be-denied-that-the-fundamental-phenomena-which-first/)

[William Crookes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-crookes/)

> [Probably our atomic weights merely represent a mean value around which the actual atomic weights of the atoms vary within certain narrow limits... when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-crookes/probably-our-atomic-weights-merely-represent-a-mean-value-around/)

[William Crookes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-crookes/)

> [To stop short in any research that bids fair to widen the gates of knowledge, to recoil from fear of difficulty or adverse criticism,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-crookes/to-stop-short-in-any-research-that-bids-fair-to-widen-the-gates-of/)

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