Sir Richard Gregory, 1st Baronet Quote

To the popular mind, a man of science is a callous necromancer who has cut himself off from communion with his fellows, and has thereby lost the throbbing and compassionate heart of a full life: he is a Faust who has not yet made a bargain with Mephistopheles, and is therefore without human interest.


Discovery; or, The Spirit and Service of Science, Preface (p. v)


To the popular mind, a man of science is a callous necromancer who has cut himself off from communion with his fellows, and has thereby lost the...

To the popular mind, a man of science is a callous necromancer who has cut himself off from communion with his fellows, and has thereby lost the...

To the popular mind, a man of science is a callous necromancer who has cut himself off from communion with his fellows, and has thereby lost the...

To the popular mind, a man of science is a callous necromancer who has cut himself off from communion with his fellows, and has thereby lost the...