No One Nor Anything Can Silence Me.

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.

The Elements, If Arranged According To Their Atomic Weights, Exhibit An Apparent Periodicity Of Properties.

No Law Of Nature, However General, Has Been Established All At Once; Its Recognition Has Always Been Preceded By Many Presentiments.

There Exists Everywhere A Medium In Things, Determined By Equilibrium.

Certain Characteristic Properties Of Elements Can Be Foretold From Their Atomic Weights.