Johan Gadolin: "[…] because I'm of the opinion that science would be served better, if the multiple, in recent years by chemists discovered new elements could be resolved into simpler parts, than by increasing even more the number of elements." (my translation)
![Final words of the scientific article "Undersökning af en svart tung Stenart ifrån Ytterby Stenbrott i Roslagen" by Johan Gadolin: "[…] ock emedan jag håler före at Vetenskapen skulle ske en större tjenst, om de flere, i senare åren af Chemici beskrifne nya jordarter kunde uplösas i enklare bestånds delar, än at de enklas antal än vidare ökas."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ckluln4z6pab2nt4px3m6nyt/bafkreidb7a2zp2kylrrwttsyqccedzmhyckaze7qit7bx3rmrffzef4nwu)