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Quote by Henry David Thoreau
English (Source)
If we knew all the laws of Nature, we would only need a single fact, a description of an actual phenomenon, in order to be able to deduce the consequences arising from it. For now, however, we only know a few laws, and our conclusions are therefore mostly wrong, of course not because Nature is confused or inconsistent, but because essential elements are missing from our calculations. Our notions of lawfulness and harmony are limited to the few cases we know; but even more admirable is the harmony that is created from the interplay of previously unknown, apparently contradictory, but actually mutually supportive laws. Because, from our perspective, the laws of Nature are like the outline of mountains for a wanderer: it changes step by step, it has an infinite number of profiles, although in reality it has only one shape. Even if we split it open, drill through it, we cannot understand it in its entirety.