Quotes: Research.

Research 774 "But, to Georgiana, the most engrossing volume was a large folio from her husband’s own world, in which he had recorded every experiment of his scientific career, with its original aim, the methods adopted for its development, and its final success or failure, with the circumstances to which either event was attributable." Hawthorne:

Research 229 "The true scientific investigator completely loses sight of the utility of what he is about." C. S. Peirce. Late 19^th – early 20^th century. Gross, ed. Oxford Book of Aphorisms.