I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.
We define organic chemistry as the chemistry of carbon compounds.
Let us learn to dream, gentlemen; then we shall perhaps find the truth.
The question whether atoms exist or not. . . belongs rather to metaphysics. In chemistry we have only to decide whether the assumption of atoms is an hypothesis adapted to the explanation of chemical phenomena. . . whether a further development of the atomic hypothesis promises to advance our knowledge of the mechanism of chemical phenomena. . . I rather expect that we shall some day find, for what we now call atoms, a mathematico-mechanical explanation, which will render an account of atomic weight, of atomicity, and of numerous other properties of the so-called atoms.
Carbon is, as may easily be shown and as I shall explain in greater detail later, tetrabasic or tetratomic, that is 1 atom of carbon = C = 12 is equivalent to 4 At. H.
The separate atoms of a molecule are not connected all with all, or all with one, but, on the contrary, each one is connected only with one or with a few neighbouring atoms, just as in a chain link is connected with link.
Originally a pupil of Liebig, I became a pupil of Dumas, Gerhardt and Williamson: I no longer belonged to any school.
You have to be able to tolerate what you don't necessarily like so you can be free.
I wanted to reexamine the idea of the album for generations of people who are not my age, who love music or learning about music or are finding this band called R. E. M. or have just previously heard "Losing My Religion" and "Everybody Hurts" as their elevator music. I wanted to present an idea of what an album could be in the age of YouTube and the Internet.
And I like to interpret music. So I think it's all interpretive.
Journalism students need to understand it and need a solid background in the liberal arts, in sociology, economics, literature and language, because they won't get it later on.