Direct contact with Nature and inquiry into her laws produce a habit of mind which cannot be acquired in literary fields, and they are associated with a wide outlook on life more often than is usually supposed.


Discovery; Or, The Spirit and Service of Science, Preface (p. vi)


Direct contact with Nature and inquiry into her laws produce a habit of mind which cannot be acquired in literary fields, and they are associated...

Direct contact with Nature and inquiry into her laws produce a habit of mind which cannot be acquired in literary fields, and they are associated...

Direct contact with Nature and inquiry into her laws produce a habit of mind which cannot be acquired in literary fields, and they are associated...

Direct contact with Nature and inquiry into her laws produce a habit of mind which cannot be acquired in literary fields, and they are associated...