Nothing Is Born, Nothing Dies.

I Consider Nature A Vast Chemical Laboratory In Which All Kinds Of Composition And Decompositions Are Formed.

We Must Trust To Nothing But Facts: These Are Presented To Us By Nature, And Cannot Deceive. We Ought, In Every Instance, To Submit Our Reasoning To The Test Of Experiment, And Never To Search For Truth But By The Natural Road Of Experiment And Observation.

Perhaps... Some Day The Precision Of The Data Will Be Brought So Far That The Mathematician Will Be Able To Calculate At His Desk The Outcome Of Any Chemical Combination, In The Same Way, So To Speak, As He Calculates The Motions Of Celestial Bodies.

Diminish The Mass Of Evils That Afflict The Human Species, Increase Enjoyment And Well-being. And Even If The New Routes Opened Up Could Prolong The Average Life Of Mankind By Only A Few Hours, Or Even A Few Days, Then The Scientist, Too Could Aspire.

Experiments Upon Vegetation Give Reason To Believe That Light Combines With Certain Parts Of Vegetables, And That The Green Of Their Leaves, And The Various Colors Of Flowers, Is Chiefly Owing To This Combination.