Quote#Beauty
Accustomed to trace the operation of general causes, and the…
Quote byJohn Frederick William Herschel · 1792–1871
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy (1831).
English (original)
Accustomed to trace the operation of general causes, and the exemplification of general laws, in circumstances where the uninformed and uninquiring eye perceives neither novelty nor beauty, he walks in the midst of wonders: every object which I fells in his way elucidates some principle, affords some instruction, and impresses him with a sense of harmony and order.
— John Frederick William Herschel
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