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GUYTON DE MORVEAU Louis-Bernard. (1737-1816).
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GUYTON DE MORVEAU Louis-Bernard (1737-1816).
Chemist and politician.
AUTOGRAPHIC MANUSCRIT, Éloge de M. De Buffon, [1788 ?] | 4 pages in-4. ... "The power of genius... it is in vain that a jealous sentiment seeks to make other advantages prevail, [...] one is well forced to pay homage to it"... After evoking his youth, Guyton continues: "Grand and simple, that is his character [...] Everywhere I see this character follow him in the choice of the object of his work, the whole of nature... in his bold conceptions... in his style... in his projects... in his establishments... even in his simplicity!"... Guyton recalls the scientists to whom he lavished his approval, such as Daubenton| his dispute with Clairaut... "He possessed that instinct of genius which repels error before thinking of demonstration"... Etc.
Chemist and politician.
AUTOGRAPHIC MANUSCRIT, Éloge de M. De Buffon, [1788 ?] | 4 pages in-4. ... "The power of genius... it is in vain that a jealous sentiment seeks to make other advantages prevail, [...] one is well forced to pay homage to it"... After evoking his youth, Guyton continues: "Grand and simple, that is his character [...] Everywhere I see this character follow him in the choice of the object of his work, the whole of nature... in his bold conceptions... in his style... in his projects... in his establishments... even in his simplicity!"... Guyton recalls the scientists to whom he lavished his approval, such as Daubenton| his dispute with Clairaut... "He possessed that instinct of genius which repels error before thinking of demonstration"... Etc.