William Cecil Dampier Quote

The mind of man, learning consciously and unconsciously lessons of experience, gradually constructs a mental image of its surroundings - as the mariner draws a chart of strange coasts to guide him in future voyages, and to enable those that follow after him to sail the same seas with ease and safety.

The Recent Development of Physical Science, Chapter I (p. 11), P. Blakiston's Son & Co. 1904