Radium Is Not To Enrich Any One.

You Cannot Hope To Build A Better World Without Improving The Individuals. To That End Each Of Us Must Work For Our Own Improvement, And At The Same Time Share A Genaral Responsibility For All Humanity, Our Particular Duty Being To Aid Those To Whom We Think Can Be Most Useful.

You Cannot Hope To Build A Better World Without Improving The Individuals.

It Is My Earnest Desire That Some Of You Should Carry On This Scientific Work And Keep For Your Ambition The Determination To Make A Permanent Contribution To Science.

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."

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