Sir Humphrey Davy

There are very few persons who pursue science with true dignity.
- Sir Humphrey Davy,

There are very few persons who pursue science with true dignity.
- Sir Humphrey Davy,

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be
understood by everyone, something that read more

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be
understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before.
But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.

Scientists were rated as great heretics by the church, but they
were truly religious men because of their faith read more

Scientists were rated as great heretics by the church, but they
were truly religious men because of their faith in the
orderliness of the universe.

The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of
empirical facts by logical deduction from read more

The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of
empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of
hypotheses or axioms.

The child of trial, to mortality
And all its changeful influences given;
On the green earth decreed read more

The child of trial, to mortality
And all its changeful influences given;
On the green earth decreed to move and die,
And yet by such a fate prepared for heaven.