The mere accumulation of unconnected observations of details, devoid of generalization of ideas, may doubtlessly have tended to create and foster the deeply rooted prejudice, that the study of the exact sciences must necessarily chill the feelings, and diminish the nobler enjoyments attendant upon a contemplation of nature.

Translated by E. C. Otte, Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe (Volume 1), Introduction (p. 40)