A manure containing several ingredients acts in this wise: The effect of all of them in the soil accommodates itself to that one among them which, in comparison to the wants of the plant, is present in the smallest quantity.
Justus von LiebigChocolate is a perfect food, as wholesome as it is delicious, a beneficent restorer of exhausted power...it is the best friend of those engaged in literary pursuits.
Justus von LiebigThe progress of mankind is due exclusively to the progress of natural sciences, not to morals, religion or philosophy.
Justus von LiebigWe may fairly judge of the commercial prosperity of a country from the amount of sulphuric acid it consumes.
Justus von LiebigOnly about seventy years ago was chemistry, like a grain of seed from a ripe fruit, separated from the other physical sciences. With Black, Cavendish and Priestley, its new era began. Medicine, pharmacy, and the useful arts, had prepared the soil upon which this seed was to germinate and to flourish.
Justus von Liebig