"It is the function of science to discover……" — 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 this order. And this refers in equal measure to the relations of man - social and political - and to the entire universe as a whole."
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Dmitri Mendeleev
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25 Quotes by Dmitri Mendeleev
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The edifice of science not only requires material, but also a plan. Without the material, the plan alone is but…
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Why do they [Americans] quarrel, why do they hate Negroes, Indians, even Germans, why do they not have science and…
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There is nothing in this world that I fear to say.
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Elements which are similar as regards their chemical properties have atomic weights which are either of nearly the same value…
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Work, look for peace and calm in work: You will find it nowhere else. Pleasures flit by -- they are…
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No one nor anything can silence me.
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The most all penetrating spirit before which will open the possibility of tilting not tables, but planets, is the spirit…
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Certain characteristic properties of elements can be foretold from their atomic weights.
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There exists everywhere a medium in things, determined by equilibrium.
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I have to talk like this! It`s my job
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The elements, if arranged according to their atomic weights, exhibit an apparent periodicity of properties.
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No law of nature, however general, has been established all at once; its recognition has always been preceded by many…
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No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our…
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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
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Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause…
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In larger things we are convivial; what causes trouble is the trivial.
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So long as we have failed to eliminate any of the causes of human despair, we do not have the…
— Antonin Artaud
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I'm not a collector. I don't like the toy cupboard syndrome that causes so many good cars to evaporate.
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It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.
— Saint Augustine
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How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
— Marcus Aurelius
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We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the…
— Marcus Aurelius
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A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the…
— Irving Babbitt
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The main reason for the failure of the modern medical science is that it is dealing with results and not…
— Edward Bach
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During my lifetime, I realized that discrimination was not accidental, that there were structural roots and causes to it. So…
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