Humphry Davy Quote

The higher mathematics and pure physics appear to me to offer much more noble objects of contemplation and fields of discovery, and, practically considered, the results of the chemist are much more humble, belonging principally to the apothecary's shop and the kitchen.

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