“The chemists are a strange class of mortals, impelled by an almost insane impulse to seek their pleasures amid smoke and vapour, soot and flame, poisons and poverty; yet among all these evils I seem to live so sweetly that may I die if I were to change places with the Persian king.” SciencePleasureStrangeMortalsChemistryKingPersiaChemists Author:Johann Joachim Becher
“The chemists are a strange class of mortals, impelled by an almost insane impulse to seek their pleasures amid smoke and vapor, soot and flame, poisons and poverty; yet among all these evils I seem to live so sweetly that may I die if I were to change places with the Persian king.” IfsMaySeemsDiesEvilChangePleasureClassPovertyStrangeKingsInsaneMortalsSmokeImpulseFlamesPoisonPersianChemistVapor Author:Johann Joachim Becher
