On The Origin Of Species or The Preservation Of Favoured Races In The Struggle For Life — Charles Darwin

But with regard to the material world we can at least go so far as this we can perceive that events are brought about not by insulated interpositions of Divine power exerted in each particular case but by the establishment of general laws W Whewell Bridgewater Treatise To conclude therefore let no man out of a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill applied moderation think or maintain that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God s word or in the book of God s works divinity or philosophy but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both Bacon Advancement of Learning

But with regard to the material world we can at least go so far as this we can perceive that events are brought about not by insulated interpositions of Divine power exerted in each particular case but by the establishment of general laws W Whewell Bridgewater Treatise To conclude therefore let no man out of a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill applied moderation think or maintain that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God s word or in the book of God s works divinity or philosophy but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both Bacon Advancement of Learning