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Progress is made by trial and failure; the failures are generally a hundred times more numerous than the successes ; yet they are usually left unchronicled.

Progress is made by trial and failure; the failures are generally a hundred times more numerous than the successes ; yet they are usually left unchronicled.

William Ramsay
Progress, Trials, Hundred
William Ramsay (1909). “Essays Biographical and Chemical”

The country which is in advance of the rest of the world in chemistry will also be foremost in wealth and in general prosperity.

William Ramsay
Country, World, Chemistry
William Ramsay (1909). “Essays Biographical and Chemical”

The noblest exercise of the mind within doors, and most befitting a person of quality, is study.

William Ramsay
Exercise, Doors, Mind

Nothing can be more certain than this: that we are just beginning to learn something of the wonders of the world on which we live and move and have our being.

William Ramsay
Moving, World, Wonder
William Ramsay (1909). “Essays Biographical and Chemical”

If Russia is prepared to run the risk of cutting off supplies to its neighbors if they have a disagreement, how reliable are they as a supplier? You have to ask the question.

William Ramsay
Running, Cutting, Russia

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