It's Always Good To Marry Your Best

My Husband And I Were So Closely United By Our Affection And Our Common Work That We Passed Nearly All Of Our Time Together.

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.

Pierre Curie Voluntarily Exposed His Arm To The Action Of Radium For Several Hours. This Resulted In Damage Resembling A Burn That Developed Progressively And Required Several Months To Heal. Henri Becquerel Had By Accident A Similar Burn As A Result Of Carrying In His Vest Pocket A Glass Tube Containing Radium Salt. He Came To Tell Us Of This Evil Effect Of Radium, Exclaiming In A Manner At Once Delighted And Annoyed: "i Love It, But I Owe It A Grudge."

There Are Sadistic Scientists Who Hurry To Hunt Down Errors Instead Of Establishing The Truth.

When One Studies Strongly Radioactive Substances Special Precautions Must Be Taken If One Wishes To Be Able To Take Delicate Measurements. The Various Objects Used In A Chemical Laboratory And Those Used In A Chemical Laboratory, And Those Which Serve For Experiments In Physics, Become Radioactive In A Short Time And Act Upon Photographic Plates Through Black Paper. Dust, The Air Of The Room, And One's Clothes All Become Radioactive.