The field of science may be compared to an American forest, in which the more trees a man cuts down, the greater is the expanse of wood he sees around him.


Thoughts and Apothegms, Section VI (p. 166), Lindsay & Blakiston. 1856

Richard Whately Quotes

The field of science may be compared to an American forest, in which the more trees a man cuts down, the greater is the expanse of wood he sees...

The field of science may be compared to an American forest, in which the more trees a man cuts down, the greater is the expanse of wood he sees...

The field of science may be compared to an American forest, in which the more trees a man cuts down, the greater is the expanse of wood he sees...

The field of science may be compared to an American forest, in which the more trees a man cuts down, the greater is the expanse of wood he sees...