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    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.

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    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.

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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.

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

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

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    It cannot, of course, be stated with absolute certainty that no elements can combine with argon; but it appears at least improbable that any compounds will be formed. [This held true for a century, until in Aug 2000, the first argon compound was formed, argon fluorohydride, HArF, but stable only below 40 K (−233 °C).]