It Was Like A New World Opened

We Must Not Forget That When Radium Was Discovered No One Knew That It Would Prove Useful In Hospitals.

Be Less Curious About People And More Curious About Ideas.

I Was Taught The Method For Advancement Is Not Quick Or Simple.

Life Is Not Easy For Any Of Us. But What Of That? We Must Have Perseverance And Above All Confidence In Ourselves.

We Believe The Substance We Have Extracted From Pitchblende Contains A Metal Not Yet Observed, Related To Bismuth By Its Analytical Properties. If The Existence Of This New Metal Is Confirmed We Propose To Call It Polonium, From The Name Of The Original Country Of One Of Us.