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Consolations in Travel; or, the Last Days of a Philosopher
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The author of "Consolations in Travel" believed that through science, all the questions of the universe could be answered. Sir Humphry Davy was a brilliant lecturer who pioneered electrochemistry, befriended the Romantic poets, invented a safety lamp for miners, and even wrote on angling. This book is an intriguing mixture of poetry, autobiographical sketches, descriptions of dreams, and philosophical musings on the afterlife.
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