Alfred Noyes, The Torchbearers
We glorified wars. Blind and bloodthirsty kings marched to their thrones with epic music. Why have you not glorified this noblest of wars? The war of those who fought to find the light, yet could not even dream of the victory they helped win, the silent explorers, the lonely pioneers, the prisoners and exiles, the martyrs of truth who passed the torch [of science] from generation to generation… Alfred Noyes, Torchbearers, The Observatory
