Marie Curie — "I have been reproached for having given myself to science. I have been reproache…"

I have been reproached for having given myself to science. I have been reproached for having neglected my family. I have been reproached for having neglected my country. I have been reproached for having neglected my God. I have been reproached for having neglected my soul. I have been reproached for having neglected my body. I have been reproached for having neglected everything. But I have not neglected anything. I have only done my duty. And I am proud of it.
Marie Curie — Marie Curie Modern · Radioactivity research, Nobel laureate

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Letter to her brother, Józef Sklodowski

Date: 1911

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