Nothing tends so much to the advancement of knowledge as the application of a new instrument. — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
Oh, most magnificent and noble Nature! Have I not worshipped thee with such a love As never mortal man before displayed? Adored… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
Every discovery opens a new field for investigation of facts, shows us the imperfection of our theories. It has justly been said,… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
Nothing is so dangerous to the progress of the human mind than to assume that our views of science are ultimate, that… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
To me there never has been a higher source of honour or distinction than that connected with advances in science. I have… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
The beginning of civilisation is the discovery of some useful arts, by which men acquire property, comforts, or luxuries. The necessity or… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
Cuvier had even in his address & manner the character of a superior Man, much general power & eloquence in conversation &… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
But if the two countries or governments are at war, the men of science are not. That would, indeed be a civil… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
Natural science is founded on minute critical views of the general order of events taking place upon our globe, corrected, enlarged, or… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
And by the influence of heat, light, and electrical powers, there is a constant series of changes; matter assumes new forms, the… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
By science calmed, over the peaceful soul, Bright with eternal Wisdom's lucid ray, Peace, meek of eye, extends her soft control, And… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
Experimental science hardly ever affords us more than approximations to the truth; and whenever many agents are concerned we are in great… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
Fortunately science, like that nature to which it belongs, is neither limited by time nor by space. It belongs to the world,… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
The progression of physical science is much more connected with your prosperity than is usually imagined. You owe to experimental philosophy some… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
“ Cuvier had even in his address & manner the character of a superior Man, much general power & eloquence in conversation… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
Gay-Lussac was quick, lively, ingenious and profound, with great activity of mind and great facility of manipulation. I should place him at… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
Geology, perhaps more than any other department of natural philosophy, is a science of contemplation. It requires no experience or complicated apparatus,… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
“ John Dalton was a very singular Man: He has none of the manners or ways of the world. A tolerable mathematician… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually,… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
But if the two countries or governments are at war, the men of science are not. That would, indeed be a civil war of… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
This sentiment of self-contempt is a frequent one in young people of both sexes. Their valuation of themselves varies as much as the barometer,… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
Consistency in opinion is the slow poison of intellectual life, the destroyer of its vividness and energy. — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
Nothing is so dangerous to the progress of the human mind than to assume that our views of science are ultimate, that there are… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
Every discovery opens a new field for investigation of facts, shows us the imperfection of our theories. It has justly been said, that the… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
If I am allowed to give a metaphorical allusion to the future state of the blessed, I should imagine it by the orange-grove in… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
The beginning of civilisation is the discovery of some useful arts, by which men acquire property, comforts, or luxuries. The necessity or desire of… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
Natural science is founded on minute critical views of the general order of events taking place upon our globe, corrected, enlarged, or exalted by… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
The three states of the caterpillar, larva, and butterfly have, since the time of the Greek poets, been applied to typify the human being,--its… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
James Watt was equally distinguished as a natural philosopher and chemist; his inventions demonstrate his profound knowledge of those sciences, and that peculiar characteristic… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures. — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
