At a time when a towering personality like Mme. Curie has come to the end of her life, let us not merely rest content recalling what she has given to mankind in the fruits of her [1] ______ work. It is the moral qualities of its leading personalities and [2] ______ that are perhaps of even greater significance for a generation and for the course of history purely [3] ______ intellectual accomplishments. Even these latter are, to a far greater degree than is commonly credited, dependent of the [4] ______ stature of character. She was oppressed by an abiding sense for the asperities and inequalities of society. This is what gave her that severe outward aspect, so easily interpreted by those who were not [5] ______ close to her--a serious severity unbelieved by any artistic strain. Once she had recognized a certain way as the right one, she pursued it without compromise and extreme tenacity. [6] ______ The greatest scientific deed of her life--proving the existence of radioactive elements and isolating them--owe [7] ______ its accomplishment not merely to bold intuition but to a devotion [8] ______ and tenacity in execution under the most extreme hardships imaginable, such as the history of experimental science has not often witnessed. If but a small part of Mme. Curie’s strength of character and devotion is alive in Europe’s intellectuals, [9] ______ Europe would face a bright future. [10] ______