Victor Blanchard Scheffer Quote

The ocean and its contents do not yield to easy measurement; the final data lie beyond our present grasp; an educated guess is now the best that men of science try to make.


The Year of the Whale, January (p. 105), Charles Scribner's Sons. 1969


The ocean and its contents do not yield to easy measurement; the final data lie beyond our present grasp; an educated guess is now the best that men...

The ocean and its contents do not yield to easy measurement; the final data lie beyond our present grasp; an educated guess is now the best that men...

The ocean and its contents do not yield to easy measurement; the final data lie beyond our present grasp; an educated guess is now the best that men...

The ocean and its contents do not yield to easy measurement; the final data lie beyond our present grasp; an educated guess is now the best that men...