Gregor Mendel

The future will judge my work more fairly than the present.

The laws of nature are written in numbers.

I have been called a dreamer, but the numbers do not dream.

The inheritance of traits is not a matter of chance but of law.

The garden is my kingdom, and the pea plants are my subjects.

I have seen the future of biology, and it is in the numbers.

The truth is often hidden in the smallest details.

I have been patient, and patience is the key to discovery.

The laws of heredity are universal, whether in peas or in men.

I have been called a fool, but time will prove me right.

My scientific studies have afforded me great gratification; and I am convinced that it will not be long before the scientific world will become acquainted with the results of my experiments.

It is indeed a pity that the results of the experiments cannot yet be published, as I have not yet succeeded in obtaining the desired number of generations.

The value of the experiment as a means of solving questions of evolution must not be underestimated.

The most important result of hybridization is beyond doubt the production of new constant forms.

The constant characters which appear in the various generations of a hybrid are those which are transmitted unchanged from the parental plants.

The constant differential characters of the two parent forms are transmitted to the hybrids unchanged.

The characters which are transmitted from the parents to the offspring are constant and definite.

The numerical relations of the different forms in the successive generations are constant.

The experiments described were begun in 1856. The plants were grown in the garden of the monastery.

It requires a good deal of courage to undertake such extensive experiments.