Quote#Nature
Seeking unceasingly for the First Cause of All
Quote byRobert Bridges · 1844–1930
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Testament of Beauty (1929-1930).
English (original)
Seeking unceasingly for the First Cause of All, in question for what special purpose he was made, Man, in the unsearchable darkness, knoweth one thing: that as he is, so was he made; and if the Essence and characteristic faculty of humanity is our conscient Reason and our desire of knowledge, that was Nature's Purpose in the making of man.
— Robert Bridges
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