The laws of nature are not only permanent, but consistent, intelligible, and discoverable with such a moderate degree of research, as is calculated rather to stimulate than to weary curiosity.


A Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy - Part I, Chapter III, Section 33 (pp. 42-43), Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green.

John Herschel Quotes

The laws of nature are not only permanent, but consistent, intelligible, and discoverable with such a moderate degree of research, as is calculated...

The laws of nature are not only permanent, but consistent, intelligible, and discoverable with such a moderate degree of research, as is calculated...

The laws of nature are not only permanent, but consistent, intelligible, and discoverable with such a moderate degree of research, as is calculated...

The laws of nature are not only permanent, but consistent, intelligible, and discoverable with such a moderate degree of research, as is calculated...