Humphry Davy Quote

No motive for exertion is so strong as that founded upon the sympathy of the good and the wise; no reward so sweet as that of being held up to public admiration as a benefactor of the species; no glory so pure, so calculated to awaken great minds, as that of immortality.

In: John Davy (ed.), Memoirs of the Life of Sir Humphry Davy (Volume 1)