"It is a pity that the practice of inoculation has not been more generally adopted; for if it had, many lives might have been saved."

"The most pleasing part of my life has been spent in the pursuit of knowledge."

"...has effectually put a stop to the sneers of those little minded persons who think everything impossible which does not come within the narrow sphere of their own comprehension."

"I have always been a lover of nature, and I have always found great pleasure in studying her works."

"How wonderful that this horrid pestilence should at this time even have an existence in our island . . . A Physician from Copenhagen call'd on me today, and express'd his astonishment at an opposition…"