The things I want to know are in books. My best friend is the man who'll git me a book I ain't read. Anything can be reduced to simple, obvious mechanical interactions. The cell is a machine. The animal is a machine.
Man is a machine.
The Cosmos is all that is or ever was or ever will be. The ultimate aim of the modern movement in biology is in fact to explain all biology in terms of physics and chemistry. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.