Quote Atlassourced quotes & context
Source identified
There is always a new page to be turned in natural history, if one is sufficiently on the alert.
Read & copy the quotation
“There is always a new page to be turned in natural history, if one is sufficiently on the alert.”

John Burroughs

Source
Pepacton
Date
1881
Meaning

Meaning of “There is always a new page to be…”

Close observation keeps natural history open-ended because alert attention can reveal behavior and relationships that familiar surroundings had previously concealed.

Source context

Where does it come from?

Pepacton, natural-history essay; Project Gutenberg #7441. Burroughs immediately illustrates the claim with an unexpected observation of eagles and later repeats the naturalist’s maxim “Watch and wait.”

Primary / edition source ↗

Customize your imageTen designs · Square or portrait · Preview and share
Themes

Ideas connected with this quotation