John Arthur Thomson Quote

Our inheritances are diverse and unequal, and they limit us; yet much can be gained by "nurture" and much lost for the lack of it.


Introduction to Science, Chapter I (p. 32), Henry Holt & Co. 1911


Our inheritances are diverse and unequal, and they limit us; yet much can be gained by nurture and much lost for the lack of it.

Our inheritances are diverse and unequal, and they limit us; yet much can be gained by nurture and much lost for the lack of it.

Our inheritances are diverse and unequal, and they limit us; yet much can be gained by nurture and much lost for the lack of it.

Our inheritances are diverse and unequal, and they limit us; yet much can be gained by nurture and much lost for the lack of it.