"I have a horror of the common run of scientists: I have said elsewhere that they elbow one another in the antechamber of the sanctuary where nature hides her secrets, and are always waiting for someone more able than themselves to open the door a finger's breadth for them: let the illustrious Danish, Swedish or German astronomer Barzebilocoquantius discover a new star with his telescope...but no telescope has been constructed that will show them the relationships among things..."