"A sacred spark created by his breath, The immortal mind of man his image bears; A spirit living 'midst the forms of death, Oppressed, but not subdued, by mortal cares."
— Humphry Davy

January 1, 1970

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"Written After Recovery from a Dangerous Illness" (c. 1801), in John Ayrton Paris, The Life of Sir Humphry Davy (London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831) p. 84, and in John Davy (ed.) Collected Works, vol. 1 (London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1839) ch. 3, p. 114