Humphry Davy Quote

My real, my working existence is among the objects of scientific research. Common amusements and enjoyments are necessary to me only as dreams to interrupt the flow of thoughts too nearly analogous to enlighten and vivify.

In: Sir William Ramsay, Essays Biographical and Chemical, The Great London Chemists, Section II (pp. 47-48), Archibald Constable & Company Ltd. 1908