'Science in itself' is nothing, for it exists only in the human beings who are its bearers. 'Science for its own sake' usually means nothing more than science for the sake of the people who happen to be pursuing it.
Rudolf VirchowIf popular medicine gave the people wisdom as well as knowledge, it would be the best protection for scientific and well-trained physicians.
Rudolf VirchowMedical statistics will be our standard of measurement: we will weigh life for life and see where the dead lie thicker, among the workers or among the privileged.
Rudolf Virchow