Henry Augustus Rowland

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“The whole universe is before us to study. The greatest labor of the greatest minds has only given us a few pearls; and yet the limitless ocean, with its hidden depths filled with diamonds and precious stones, is before us. The {{w|Cosmogony#Scientific cosmogenesis|problem of the universe}} is yet unsolved, and the mystery involved in one single atom yet eludes us. The field of research only opens wider and wider as we advance, and our minds are lost in wonder and astonishment at the grandeur and beauty unfolded before us.”

“To all matter we attribute two properties, gravitation and inertia. Without these two matter cannot exist. {{w|Newton's law of universal gravitation|The greatest of the natural laws states that the power of gravitational attraction is proportional to the mass of the body. This law of Newton}}, almost neglected in the thoughts of {{w|physicist}}s, undoubtedly has vast import of the very deepest meaning. Shall it mean that all matter is finally constructed of uniform and similar primordial atoms or can we find some other explanation?”