Henry David Thoreau Quote

The process of discovery is very simple. An unwearied and systematic application of known laws to nature, causes the unknown to reveal themselves. Almost any mode of observation will be successful at last, for what is most wanted is method.


A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (ed. 1873)


The process of discovery is very simple. An unwearied and systematic application of known laws to nature, causes the unknown to reveal themselves....

The process of discovery is very simple. An unwearied and systematic application of known laws to nature, causes the unknown to reveal themselves....

The process of discovery is very simple. An unwearied and systematic application of known laws to nature, causes the unknown to reveal themselves....

The process of discovery is very simple. An unwearied and systematic application of known laws to nature, causes the unknown to reveal themselves....