The book of nature is a fine and large piece of tapestry, rolled up, which we are not able to see all at once, but must be content to unroll it by degrees.
— Robert Boyle Early Modern

Father of modern chemistry

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From 'A Disquisition about the Final Causes of Natural Things'

Date / Period

1688

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Humorous

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https://books.google.com/books?id=P_k8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA30

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