"If 'philosophers' is taken to be too wide and lofty a term," he said, "then, by analogy with 'artist,' we may form 'scientist.'" This was the first time the word scientist was uttered in public, only 179 years ago.
“如果‘哲学家’一词过于宽泛和崇高，” “那么，类比‘艺术家’与‘艺术’的叫法， 我们可以使用‘科学家’一词。” 这是‘科学家’一词首次 为公众所知， 至今不过179年。