Scientist Believe In Things, Not

Life Is Not Easy For Any Of Us. But What Of That? We Must Have Perseverance And Above All Confidence In Ourselves. We Must Believe That We Are Gifted For Something, And That This Thing, At Whatever Cost, Must Be Attained.

We Must Not Forget That When Radium Was Discovered No One Knew That It Would Prove Useful In Hospitals. The Work Was One Of Pure Science. And This Is A Proof That Scientific Work Must Not Be Considered From The Point Of View Of The Direct Usefulness Of It. It Must Be Done For Itself, For The Beauty Of Science, And Then There Is Always The Chance That A Scientific Discovery May Become Like The Radium A Benefit For Humanity.

When One Studies Strongly Radioactive Substances Special Precautions Must Be Taken. Dust, The Air Of The Room, And One's Clothes, All Become Radioactive.

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Sometimes My Courage Fails Me And I Think I Ought To Stop Working, Live In The Country And Devote Myself To Gardening. But I Am Held By A Thousand Bonds, And I Don't Know When I Shall Be Able To Arrange Things Otherwise. Nor Do I Know Whether, Even By Writing Scientific Books, I Could Live Without The Laboratory.