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A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind, and never to allow passion or a transitory desire to disturb his tranquility. I do not think that the pursuit of knowledge is an exception to this rule.
— Oct 27, 2025 04:42AM
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What had been the study and desire of the wisest men since the creation of the world was now within my grasp.
— Oct 27, 2025 04:33AM
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To examine the causes of life, we must first have recourse to death.
— Oct 27, 2025 04:29AM
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“The ancient teachers of this science,” said he, “promised impossibilities, and performed nothing. The modern masters promise very little; they know that metals cannot be transmuted, and that the elixir of life is a chimera. But these philosophers, whose hands seem only made to dabble in dirt, and their eyes to pour over the microscope or crucible, have indeed performed miracles.”
— Oct 26, 2025 12:01PM
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It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn; and whether it was the outward substance of things, or the inner spirit of nature and the mysterious soul of man that occupied me, still my enquiries were directed to the metaphysical, or in its highest sense, the physical secrets of the world
— Oct 25, 2025 11:54AM
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My life might have been passed in ease and luxury; but I preferred glory to every enticement that wealth placed in my path.
— Oct 22, 2025 11:04AM
