When the elements are arranged in vertical columns according to increasing atomic weight, so that the horizontal lines contain analogous elements again according to increasing atomic weight, an arrangement results from which several general conclusions may be drawn.

The elements which are the most widely diffused have small atomic weights.

Knowing how contented, free, and joyful is life in the world of science, one fervently wishes that many would enter its portals.

Elements which are similar as regards their chemical properties have atomic weights which are either of nearly the same value (eg. Pt, Ir, Os) or which increase regularly (eg. K, Ru, Cs).

I have achieved an inner freedom.

No one nor anything can silence me.

There is nothing in this world that I fear to say.