There are few persons who pursue science with true dignity; it is followed more as connected with objects of profit than those of fame, and there are fifty persons who take out patents for supposed inventions for one who makes a real discovery.


Consolations in Travel: Or, The Last Days of a Philosopher, Dialogue the Fifth (pp. 157-158), Cassell & Co., Ltd. 1889

Humphry Davy Quotes

There are few persons who pursue science with true dignity; it is followed more as connected with objects of profit than those of fame, and there are ...

There are few persons who pursue science with true dignity; it is followed more as connected with objects of profit than those of fame, and there are ...

There are few persons who pursue science with true dignity; it is followed more as connected with objects of profit than those of fame, and there are ...

There are few persons who pursue science with true dignity; it is followed more as connected with objects of profit than those of fame, and there are ...