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1 " I decided that life rationally considered seemed pointless and futile, but it is still interesting in a variety of ways, including the study of science. So why not carry on, following the path of scientific hedonism? Besides, I did not have the courage for the more rational procedure of suicide. "
― Robert S. Mulliken , Life of a Scientist: An Autobiographical Account of the Development of Molecular Orbital Theory With an Introductory Memoir by Friedrich Hund
2 " While it is never safe to affirm that the future of Physical Science has no marvels in store even more astonishing than those of the past, it seems probable that most of the grand underlying principles have been firmly established and that further advances are to be sought chiefly in the rigorous application of these principles to all the phenomena which come under our notice. "
― Robert S. Mulliken
