There Is Nothing In This World That

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

Why Do They [americans] Quarrel, Why Do They Hate Negroes, Indians, Even Germans, Why Do They Not Have Science And Poetry Commensurate With Themselves, Why Are There So Many Frauds And So Much Nonsense? I Cannot Soon Give A Solution To These Questions ... It Was Clear That In The United States There Was A Development Not Of The Best, But Of The Middle And Worst Sides Of European Civilization; The Notorious General Voting, The Tendency To Politics... All The Same As In Europe. A New Dawn Is Not To Be Seen On This Side Of The Ocean.

Work, Look For Peace And Calm In Work: You Will Find It Nowhere Else. Pleasures Flit By -- They Are Only For Yourself; Work Leaves A Mark Of Long-lasting Joy, Work Is For Others.

The Establishment Of A Law, Moreover, Does Not Take Place When The First Thought Of It Takes Form, Or Even When Its Significance Is Recognised, But Only When It Has Been Confirmed By The Results Of The Experiment.

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.