24. The fundamental importance of the subject of molecular diffraction came first to be recognized through the theoretical work of the late Lord Rayleigh on the blue light of the sky, which he showed to be the result of the scattering of sunlight by the gases of the atmosphere.

This one among CV Raman quotes on science, shows how he was inspired by the work of another physicist Rayleigh and most importantly, Rayleigh’s initial assumption turned into the prevailing fact of nature. 

So, practice makes a man perfect!