Sir Richard Gregory, 1st Baronet Quote

Nature, like the rich man of the parable, requires importunate pleading before she will bestow any of her riches upon a suppliant at her temple.


Discovery; or, The Spirit and Service of Science, Chapter I (p. 12)


Nature, like the rich man of the parable, requires importunate pleading before she will bestow any of her riches upon a suppliant at her temple.

Nature, like the rich man of the parable, requires importunate pleading before she will bestow any of her riches upon a suppliant at her temple.

Nature, like the rich man of the parable, requires importunate pleading before she will bestow any of her riches upon a suppliant at her temple.

Nature, like the rich man of the parable, requires importunate pleading before she will bestow any of her riches upon a suppliant at her temple.