John Burroughs Quote

The universe, considered as a machine, however scientific it may be, has neither value to the spirit nor charm to the imagination.


Indoor Studies, Chapter II (p. 64), Houghton Mifflin Co. 1904


The universe, considered as a machine, however scientific it may be, has neither value to the spirit nor charm to the imagination.

The universe, considered as a machine, however scientific it may be, has neither value to the spirit nor charm to the imagination.

The universe, considered as a machine, however scientific it may be, has neither value to the spirit nor charm to the imagination.

The universe, considered as a machine, however scientific it may be, has neither value to the spirit nor charm to the imagination.