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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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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 is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
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This was the reason why I decided, as far as possible, not to accept money from the government.
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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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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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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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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.
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It has been invariably my experience that I could count on his cooperation and sympathy in every matter concerning my scientific work.
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It will not be an activity in which all people can participate.
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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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The Sensations of Tone.’ As is well known, this was one of Helmholtz’s masterpieces.
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We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex.
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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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We must teach science in the mother tongue. Otherwise, science will become a highbrow activity.
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