William MacGillivray Quote

The man who would effectually learn from nature, must approach with affection, and receive her instructions with a humility that would ill accord with any subsequent vain display of the knowledge acquired.


A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory (Volume 1), Preface (pp. iii-iv)


The man who would effectually learn from nature, must approach with affection, and receive her instructions with a humility that would ill accord...

The man who would effectually learn from nature, must approach with affection, and receive her instructions with a humility that would ill accord...

The man who would effectually learn from nature, must approach with affection, and receive her instructions with a humility that would ill accord...

The man who would effectually learn from nature, must approach with affection, and receive her instructions with a humility that would ill accord...