Wissenschaft und Kunst gehören der Welt an, und vor ihnen verschwinden die Schranken der Nationalität. Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality. GoetheIn a conversation with a German historian. (1813).
To the natural philosopher, to whom the whole extent of nature belongs, all the individual branches of science constitute the links of an endless chain, from which not one can be detached without destroying the harmony of the whole. Friedrich SchoedlerTreasury of Science. Astronomy.
But beyond the bright searchlights of science, Out of sight of the windows of sense, Old riddles still bid us defiance, Old questions of Why and of Whence. W. C. D. WhethamRecent Development of Physical Science. P. 10.