The Footsteps Of Nature Are To Be Traced, Not Only In Her Ordinary Course, But When She Seems To Be Put To Her Shifts, To Make Many Doublings And Turnings, And To Use Some Kind Of Art In Endeavouring To Avoid Our Discovery. - SearchQuotes

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The footsteps of Nature are to be traced, not only in her ordinary course, but when she seems to be put to her shifts, to make many doublings and turnings, and to use some kind of art in endeavouring to avoid our discovery.

Robert Hooke

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