I am not ambitious to appear a man of letters: I could be content the world should think I had scarce looked upon any other book than that of nature.
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It is my intent to beget a good understanding between the chymists and the mechanical philosophers who have hitherto been too little acquainted with one another's learning.
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All quotes βThere is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than in being the first author of the thought.
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