I think what is needed in India today is the destruction of that defeatist spirit.
C. V. RAMANSuccess can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.
More C. V. Raman Quotes
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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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I have always thought it a great privilege to have as my colleague in the Palit Chair of Chemistry such a distinguished pioneer in scientific research and education in Bengal as Sir Prafulla Ray.
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Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.
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When we consider the fact that nearly three-quarters of the surface of the globe is covered by oceanic water.
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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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In the first English class I attended, Prof. E. H. Elliot, addressing me, asked if I really belonged to the Junior B. A. class, and I had to answer him in the affirmative. He then proceeded to inquire how old I was.
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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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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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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 seemed, indeed, that the study of light-scattering might carry one into the deepest problems of physics and chemistry.
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A voyage to Europe in the summer of 1921 gave me the first opportunity of observing the wonderful blue opalescence of the Mediterranean Sea.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.
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We must teach science in the mother tongue. Otherwise, science will become a highbrow activity.
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When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage.
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