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To suppose that chemistry and poetry are incompatible (as I am sure Prof Donnan would not do!), or that biology is inconsistent with a religious outlook on the world (I don not say with theology!) is to misunderstand entirely what the human mind, by contemplation and experiment, has achieved. By extreme specialization at intervals, by overloading the machine to its limit, discoveries and progress are made: but their bearing is best seen by letting the engine idle and giving oneself time to look around. The chemist and the poet are both right, the biologist and the saint: and each must pull up now and then to find whither he is going and to adjust his spectacles.

Archibald Hill

The pursuit of natural knowledge, the investigation of the world — mental and material — in which we live, is not a dull and spiritless affair: rather is it a voyage of adventure of the human mind, a holiday for reckless and imaginative souls.

Archibald Hill

Those whose lives are so filled with the romance of discovery, whose years are a holiday of exploration, do not need, do not deserve, payment for their toil. Their work itself is adequate reward, they have more happiness already than their share...

Archibald Hill

Archibald Hill

Archibald Hill

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Born: September 26, 1886

Died: June 3, 1977 (aged 90)

Bio: Archibald Vivian Hill, known as A. V. Hill, was an English physiologist, one of the founders of the diverse disciplines of biophysics and operations research.

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