Humphry Davy Quote

Insulated, striking, but unexplained facts in science, are to the philosopher what green branches and fruits in the ocean are to the mariner voyaging for discovery; they are omens of land, which, even though he himself should not have the felicity of attaining, he may yet indicate to others.

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