"[A]n art without principles, the beginning of which was deceit, the progress delusion, and the end poverty."
— Alchemy

January 1, 1970

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An anonymous author of the 18th century, quoted or paraphrased by Humphry Davy, Collected Works, ed. John Davy, Vol. 4 (1840), pp. 364-365