“Alchemy may be compared to the man who told his sons that he had left them gold, buried somewhere in his vineyard; while they by digging found no gold, but by turning up the mould about the roots of the vines procured a plentiful vintage. So the search and endeavours to make gold have brought many useful inventions to light.”
De Augmentis Scientiarum by Francis Bacon (1561 – 1626), philosopher, born on this day
King Edward Street Chapel 