John Burroughs Quote

The scientific spirit, when applied to historical research, is - like chemistry applied to agriculture - valuable, but good crops have been and can be grown without it.

Arnold on Emerson and Carlyle, The Century, Volume XXVII (p. 926)

The scientific spirit, when applied to historical research, is - like chemistry applied to agriculture - valuable, but good crops have been and can...

The scientific spirit, when applied to historical research, is - like chemistry applied to agriculture - valuable, but good crops have been and can...

The scientific spirit, when applied to historical research, is - like chemistry applied to agriculture - valuable, but good crops have been and can...

The scientific spirit, when applied to historical research, is - like chemistry applied to agriculture - valuable, but good crops have been and can...