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The quote is part of a speech given by J.J. Thomson in 1916. The speech is partially reproduced (including your part) in the book "The life of Sir J.J. Thomson,
by itcrowd 7y ago
The quote is part of a speech given by J.J. Thomson in 1916. The speech is partially reproduced (including your part) in the book "The life of Sir J.J. Thomson, O. M. : sometime master of Trinity College Cambridge" by Lord Rayleigh (1942). The original book is on the Internet Archive [1]. The speech is given at pages 198-200 and your quote appears approximately halfway in the quoted part of the speech [see 2].
[1] Full biography: https://archive.org/details/b29932208 https://archive.org/details/b29932208
[2] Screenshot of relevant quote: https://imgur.com/a/qicgorD https://imgur.com/a/qicgorD
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 7y agoThank you so much for finding this. I am so happy to know that this is a real quote and not a mis-attribution to a famous person. "Not all famous quotes are by famous people" - Abraham Lincoln
- stjohnswarts 7y ago"Those who would give up essential control, to purchase a little temporary memory safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" --Ben Franklin
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- mellosouls 7y agoJJ Thompson was one of the great scientists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and certainly famous. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Thomson https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Thomson
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 7y agoCompletely agree about JJ Thomson. Just happy to hear it was he who said it and not a that it was a quote by someone else falsely attributed to JJ Thomson because he is famous.
- mellosouls 7y agoAh, I see - thanks for the clarification.
- dennisgorelik 7y ago> "Not all famous quotes are by famous people" Googling this quote points back to RcouF1uZ4gsC as an original author. https://www.google.com/search?q="Not+all+famous+quotes+are+by+famous+people" https://www.google.com/search?q="Not+all+famous+quotes+are+b...