And everyone forgot that sometimes, you don’t need that many bricks to make a prominent edifice.

After all, it only takes one to be a cornerstone.

Now that I think of it, I don’t think I’ve ever properly made a brick. I’ve only ever moved from one abandoned edifice to another.

Damn this got deep

Food for thought : Most scientists even back then were “independently rich (read : hereditary lords)” or relied on a patron.

Nothing has fucking changed.