"I do not think I have ever been so much interested in any subject. It is so very curious, and seems to open up such entirely new views of things."

"I am a passionate advocate for the advancement of science and knowledge."

"I hope that my studies will be of practical use to mankind."

"The universe is an immense poem, and we are but humble interpreters."

"Imagination is the Discovering Faculty, pre-eminently. It is that which penetrates into the unseen worlds around us, the worlds of Science."