Without Theory, Practice Is But

When I Approach A Child, He Inspires In Me Two Sentiments; Tenderness For What He Is, And Respect For What He May Become.

Luck Favors The Mind That Is Prepared.

In That Memorable Year, 1822: Oersted, A Danish Physicist, Held In His Hands A Piece Of Copper Wire, Joined By Its Extremities To The Two Poles Of A Volta Pile. On His Table Was A Magnetized Needle On Its Pivot, And He Suddenly Saw (by Chance You Will Say, But Chance Only Favours The Mind Which Is Prepared) The Needle Move And Take Up A Position Quite Different From The One Assigned To It By Terrestrial Magnetism. A Wire Carrying An Electric Current Deviates A Magnetized Needle From Its Position. That, Gentlemen, Was The Birth Of The Modern Telegraph.

Science Knows No Country, Because Knowledge Belongs To Humanity, And Is The Torch Which Illuminates The World. Science Is The Highest Personification Of The Nation Because That Nation Will Remain The First Which Carries The Furthest The Works Of Thought And Intelligence.

The Nights Seem To Me Too Long... I Am Often Scolded By Madame Pasteur, But I Tell Her I Shall Lead Her To Fame.