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> [The edifice of science not only requires material, but also a plan. Without the material, the plan alone is but a castle in the air-a mere possibility; whilst the material without a plan is but useless matter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dmitri-mendeleev/the-edifice-of-science-not-only-requires-material-but-also-a-plan/)

[Dmitri Mendeleev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dmitri-mendeleev/)

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## More by Dmitri Mendeleev

> [It is the function of science to discover the existence of a general reign of order in nature and to find the causes governing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dmitri-mendeleev/it-is-the-function-of-science-to-discover-the-existence-of-a-general/)

[Dmitri Mendeleev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dmitri-mendeleev/)

> [I want you to have this feeling too - it is my moral responsibility to help you achieve this inner freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dmitri-mendeleev/i-want-you-to-have-this-feeling-too-it-is-my-moral-responsibility-to/)

[Dmitri Mendeleev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dmitri-mendeleev/)

> [If all the elements are arranged in the order of their atomic weights, a periodic repetition of properties is obtained. This is expressed by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dmitri-mendeleev/if-all-the-elements-are-arranged-in-the-order-of-their-atomic-weights/)

[Dmitri Mendeleev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dmitri-mendeleev/)

> [No one nor anything can silence me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dmitri-mendeleev/no-one-nor-anything-can-silence-me/)

[Dmitri Mendeleev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dmitri-mendeleev/)

> [There is nothing in this world that I fear to say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dmitri-mendeleev/there-is-nothing-in-this-world-that-i-fear-to-say/)

[Dmitri Mendeleev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dmitri-mendeleev/)

> [I saw in a dream a table where all the elements fell into place as required. Awakening, I immediately wrote it down on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dmitri-mendeleev/i-saw-in-a-dream-a-table-where-all-the-elements-fell-into-place-as/)

[Dmitri Mendeleev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dmitri-mendeleev/)

> [We could live at the present day without a Plato, but a double number of Newtons is required to discover the secrets of nature,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dmitri-mendeleev/we-could-live-at-the-present-day-without-a-plato-but-a-double-number/)

[Dmitri Mendeleev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dmitri-mendeleev/)

> [I have to talk like this! It's my job](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dmitri-mendeleev/i-have-to-talk-like-this-it-s-my-job/)

[Dmitri Mendeleev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dmitri-mendeleev/)

> [The magnitude of the atomic weight determines the character of the element, just as the magnitude of the molecule determines the character of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dmitri-mendeleev/the-magnitude-of-the-atomic-weight-determines-the-character-of-the/)

[Dmitri Mendeleev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dmitri-mendeleev/)

> [There exists everywhere a medium in things, determined by equilibrium.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dmitri-mendeleev/there-exists-everywhere-a-medium-in-things-determined-by-equilibrium/)

[Dmitri Mendeleev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dmitri-mendeleev/)

> [The establishment of a law, moreover, does not take place when the first thought of it takes form, or even when its significance is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dmitri-mendeleev/the-establishment-of-a-law-moreover-does-not-take-place-when-the/)

[Dmitri Mendeleev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dmitri-mendeleev/)

> [Work, look for peace and calm in work: You will find it nowhere else. Pleasures flit by -- they are only for yourself; work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dmitri-mendeleev/work-look-for-peace-and-calm-in-work-you-will-find-it-nowhere-else/)

[Dmitri Mendeleev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dmitri-mendeleev/)

> [ Why do they \[Americans\] quarrel, why do they hate Negroes, Indians, even Germans, why do they not have science and poetry commensurate with themselves,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dmitri-mendeleev/why-do-they-americans-quarrel-why-do-they-hate-negroes-indians-even-2/)

[Dmitri Mendeleev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dmitri-mendeleev/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dmitri-mendeleev/we-must-expect-the-discovery-of-many-as-yet-unknown-elements-for/)

[Dmitri Mendeleev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dmitri-mendeleev/)

> [No law of nature, however general, has been established all at once; its recognition has always been preceded by many presentiments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dmitri-mendeleev/no-law-of-nature-however-general-has-been-established-all-at-once-its/)

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