treasures are concealed beneath Nature's unbroken soil

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An historical example of metaphor in science writing:

"…the great work of turning up [Nature's] hitherto unbroken soil, and exposing the treasures so long concealed."

Sir John F. W. Herschel

Herschel, J. F. W. (1830). Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy.

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.