We need only view a Dissection of that large Mass, the Brain, to have ground to bewail our Ignorance...We admire...the Fibres of every Muscle, and ou…

- Nicolas Steno

Beautiful is what we see, More Beautiful is what we know, most Beautiful by far is what we don't

- Nicolas Steno

In the case of those solids, whether of earth, or rock, which enclose on all sides and contain crystals, selenites, marcasites, plants and their part…

- Nicolas Steno

There are those among us who would have us say that the mysteries of the brain are completely solved and little needs to be added to its knowledge. I…

- Nicolas Steno