“Life is not easy for those of us who work in science and who are not particularly gifted. It is very hard work, and it is often drudgery, and it is painful and difficult; and there are moments when you feel like giving up.”
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Curie is describing research to students who may never become scientists. The point is that the work is mostly routine and that the gift matters less than the willingness to keep going through the dull parts.