Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 70
France and his wife enterwith royal guests, Don Carlos and Queen Amelie 917-] MARIE SKLODOWSKA CURIE: THE HEROINE OF RADIUM 599 of Portugal and the Shah of Persia. The plod-ding students and the sober men of learning,ranged about the hall, blink at the brilliant com-pany like owls suddenly brought… … SHE IS SLIGHT, ALMOST PATHETICALLY FKAIL,THIS QUEEN OF SCIENCE. stants stillness,—a hush of indrawn breath youcan almost hear,—and then the audience givesexpression to its enthusiasm in a sudden roar ofapplause. The little woman lifts up her handappealingly. All is still again and she begins…
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