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It is an indisputable requirement in organic chemistry that we refrain from stripping the phenomena, not yet clarified, of the charm that lies precisely in their obscurity.

Justus von Liebig

Thus the progress of science is, like the development of nature's works, gradual and expansive. After the buds and branches spring forth the leaves and blossoms, after that blossoms the fruit.

Justus von Liebig

Chemistry is the foundation of agriculture, and we cannot hope to give a scientific form and basis to this important art without a knowledge of the constituents of the soil, and of the substances which constitute the food of plants.

Justus von Liebig

Chemistry leads man into the domain of those latent forces, whose power controls the whole material world, and on whose operation is dependent the production of the most important necessaries of life and of society.

Justus von Liebig

A thousand unconnected observations have no more value, as a demonstrative proof, than a single one.

Justus von Liebig

Justus von Liebig

Justus von Liebig

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Born: May 12, 1803

Died: April 18, 1873 (aged 69)

Bio: Justus Freiherr von Liebig was a German chemist who made major contributions to agricultural and biological chemistry, and was considered the founder of organic chemistry.

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Familiar Letters On Chemistry
Familiar Letters of Chemistry

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