Not at once, or even readily, does nature disclose the secret laws and processes by which she works. Like the fabled Sphinx of old she propounds her riddles; and man, the intellectual monad, is the interpreter whose powers are at once taxed and developed by the demands she makes.


Science and Religion, The Maritime Monthly, Volume II, November, 1873 (p. 478)

Moses Harvey Quotes

Not at once, or even readily, does nature disclose the secret laws and processes by which she works. Like the fabled Sphinx of old she propounds her...

Not at once, or even readily, does nature disclose the secret laws and processes by which she works. Like the fabled Sphinx of old she propounds her...

Not at once, or even readily, does nature disclose the secret laws and processes by which she works. Like the fabled Sphinx of old she propounds her...

Not at once, or even readily, does nature disclose the secret laws and processes by which she works. Like the fabled Sphinx of old she propounds her...