John Burroughs Quote

One must always cross-question nature if he would get at the truth, and he will not get at it then unless he frames his questions with great skill. Most persons are unreliable observers because they put only leading questions, or vague questions.

Signs and Seasons, Chapter I (p. 14), Houghton Mifflin Co. 1904

One must always cross-question nature if he would get at the truth, and he will not get at it then unless he frames his questions with great skill....

One must always cross-question nature if he would get at the truth, and he will not get at it then unless he frames his questions with great skill....

One must always cross-question nature if he would get at the truth, and he will not get at it then unless he frames his questions with great skill....

One must always cross-question nature if he would get at the truth, and he will not get at it then unless he frames his questions with great skill....