“... From a young age I had respect for academician Yakov Karlovich Grot, about whom today I want to talk... Sometimes I think: how did one person, not pushed by anyone, sufficiently wealthy, more than once distracted by work, manage to do so much? Why have we, who carelessly chattered and shamefully boasted about our imaginary successes, forgotten how to work? So let this miniature become a modest tribute of gratitude to a person whom we do not usually remember...”