Chemistry...is like the maid occupied with daily civilisation; she is busy with fertilisers, medicines, glass, insecticides...for she dispenses the recipes.
Les Confessions d'un Chimiste Ordinaire (1981), 5. Trans. W. H. Brock
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At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language.
