Radium Is Not To Enrich Any One.

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.

After All, Science Is Essentially International, And It Is Only Through Lack Of The Historical Sense That National Qualities Have Been Attributed To It.

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

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.

The Older One Gets, The More One Feels That The Present Must Be Enjoyed; It Is A Precious Gift, Comparable To A State Of Grace