Pursuit of Knowledge and Discovery

A mind of moderate capacity, which closely pursues one study, must infallibly

arrive at great proficiency in that study; and I, who continually sought the attainment

of one object of pursuit, and was solely wrapt up in this, improved so rapidly,

that, at the end of two years, I made some discoveries in the improvement

of some chemical instruments, which procured me great esteem and admiration at the

university. When I had arrived at this point, and had become as well acquainted

with the theory and practice of natural philosophy as depended on the lessons of any of

the professors at Ingolstadt, my residence there being no longer conducive to my