Marie Curie:

You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.

— Marie Curie Modern

Radioactivity research, Nobel laureate

Context

From her work 'Pierre Curie' (published posthumously)

Date / Period

1923 (written), 1937 (published)

Source

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