We Are Rather Like Children, Who Must

Radioactivity Is Shown To Be Accompanied By Chemical Changes In Which New Types Of Matter Are Being Continually Produced. .... The Conclusion Is Drawn That These Chemical Changes Must Be Sub-atomic In Character.

When We Have Found How The Nucleus Of Atoms Is Built Up We Shall Have Found The Greatest Secret Of All — Except Life. We Shall Have Found The Basis Of Everything — Of The Earth We Walk On, Of The Air We Breathe, Of The Sunshine, Of Our Physical Body Itself, Of Everything In The World, However Great Or However Small — Except Life.

Gentlemen, Now You Will See That Now You See Nothing. And Why You See Nothing You Will See Presently.

I Congratulate You Both On A Fine Piece Of Work Which I Am Sure Will Ultimately Prove Of Importance. I Am Personally Very Much Interested In Your Results... In The Past I Have Tried A Number Of Experiments... But Without Any Success.

The Great Object Is To Find The Theory Of The Matter [of X-rays] Before Anyone Else, For Nearly Every Professor In Europe Is Now On The Warpath.