The man of science, who is not seeking for expression but for a fact to be expressed merely, studies nature as a dead language. I pray for such inward experience as will make nature significant.


The Writings of Henry David Thoreau (Volume 5), Chapter III (p. 135)

Henry David Thoreau Quotes

The man of science, who is not seeking for expression but for a fact to be expressed merely, studies nature as a dead language. I pray for such...

The man of science, who is not seeking for expression but for a fact to be expressed merely, studies nature as a dead language. I pray for such...

The man of science, who is not seeking for expression but for a fact to be expressed merely, studies nature as a dead language. I pray for such...

The man of science, who is not seeking for expression but for a fact to be expressed merely, studies nature as a dead language. I pray for such...