George Wilson: "Teori [Semesta Semesta] [Henry Cavendish] miliknya tam...

"Teori [Semesta Semesta] [Henry Cavendish] miliknya tampaknya, bahwa itu semata-mata terdiri atas banyak objek yang dapat ditimbang, diberi nomor, dan diukur; dan panggilan yang dia anggap dia panggil adalah, untuk menimbang, menghitung dan mengukur sebanyak mungkin objek-objek itu seperti yang diberikan tiga tahun skornya dan sepuluh tahun yang diizinkan. Keyakinan ini bias semua perbuatannya, sama-sama perusahaan ilmiah yang besar, dan detail kecil dari kehidupan sehari-harinya."

--- George Wilson

Versi Bahasa Inggris

His [Henry Cavendish's] Theory of the Universe seems to have been, that it consisted solely of a multitude of objects which could be weighed, numbered, and measured; and the vocation to which he considered himself called was, to weigh, number and measure as many of those objects as his allotted three-score years and ten would permit. This conviction biased all his doings, alike his great scientific enterprises, and the petty details of his daily life.