This was the reason why I decided, as far as possible, not to accept money from the government.
C. V. RAMANIn reality, the professor benefits equally by his association with gifted students working under him.
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In the history of science, we often find that the study of some natural phenomenon has been the starting point in the development of a new branch of knowledge.
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We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex.
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It seemed not unlikely that the phenomenon owed its origin to the scattering of sunlight by the molecules of the water.
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It is generally believed that it is the students who derive benefit by working under the guidance of a professor.
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And it was this belief which led to the subject becoming the main theme of our activities at Calcutta from that time onwards.
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Towards the end of February 1928, I took the decision of using brilliant monochromatic illumination obtained by the aid of the commercially available mercury arcs sealed in quartz tubes.
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We begin to realise that the molecular scattering of light in liquids may possess an astronomical significance, in fact contribute in an important degree to the observed albedo of the earth.
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All the instruments of percussion known to European science are essentially nonmusical and can only be tolerated in open air music or in large orchestras where a little noise more or less makes no difference.
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The sunlit face of the earth would appear to shine by the light diffused back into space from the land and water-covered areas.
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From Calcutta has gone forth a living stream of knowledge in many branches of study. It is inspiring to think of the long succession of scholars, both Indian and European, who have lived in this city, made it their own, and given it of their best.
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It was my great good fortune, while I was still a student at college, to have possessed a copy of an English translation of his great work.
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It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.
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It will soon be 25 years from the date of publication of my first research work. That the scientific aspirations kindled by that early work did not suffer extinction has been due entirely to the opportunities provided for me by the great city of Calcutta.
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It was the late Dr. Mahendra Lal Sircar who, by founding the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, made it possible for the scientific aspirations of my early years to continue burning brightly.
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