Every student of Science, even if he cannot start his journey where his predecessors left off, can at least travel their beaten track more quickly than they could while they were clearing the way: and so before his race is run he comes to virgin forest and becomes himself a pioneer.

Nobel Lectures, Chemistry 1901-1921, Nobel lecture for award received in 1914, Atomic Weights (p. 280), Elsevier Publishing Company. Amsterdam, Netherlands. 1966