I may say that here, as in most cases where the operations of nature interfere with the designs of man, it is not by a direct intervention on our part that we may remedy the difficulties, but rather by a precise knowledge of [nature's] causes, which may enable us, if not to check, at least to avoid the evil consequences.


Annual Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, Showing the, Progress of that Work During the Year Ending November, 1851


I may say that here, as in most cases where the operations of nature interfere with the designs of man, it is not by a direct intervention on our...

I may say that here, as in most cases where the operations of nature interfere with the designs of man, it is not by a direct intervention on our...

I may say that here, as in most cases where the operations of nature interfere with the designs of man, it is not by a direct intervention on our...

I may say that here, as in most cases where the operations of nature interfere with the designs of man, it is not by a direct intervention on our...