The natural historian is not a fisherman who prays for cloudy days and good luck merely; but as fishing has been styled… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Fishing has been styled 'a contemplative man's recreation,' ... and science is only a more contemplative man's recreation. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Science is a contemplative possession of reality through exclusion of all illusion, error and ignorance. — Georges Canguilhem Copy Share Image
