“In Endymion, I leaped headlong into the sea, and thereby have become better acquainted with the Soundings, the quicksands, and the rocks, than if I had stayed upon the green shore.” Justifying bold experiment as the true path to knowledge · Letter to James Hessey, October 1818 Experiment Knowledge Risk
“I find that I can have no enjoyment in the World but continual drinking of Knowledge.” Identifying knowledge as the sole source of lasting enjoyment · Letter to J. H. Reynolds, April 1818 Enjoyment Knowledge World
