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"The moment of discovery" does not always exist: the scientist's work is too tenuous, too divided, for the certainty of success to crackle out suddenly in the midst of his laborious toil like a stroke of lightening, dazzling him by its fire.
In: Eve Curie - Madame Curie - Chapter XII (p. 158)
~Marie Curie #BOTD in 1867.