Quote#Nature
The likeliest method to enable us to make the most judicious…
Quote byStephen Hales · 1677–1761
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Vegetable Staticks (1727), The Conclusion.
English (original)
the likeliest method to enable us to make the most judicious observations, and to put us upon the most probable means of improving any art, is to get the best insight we can into the nature and properties of those things which we are desirous to cultivate and improve.
— Stephen Hales
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