Categories: Personification
An examples of a scientist personifying nature:
"Nature grants not her favours to those with a cold heart – which is usually an unmistakable sign of impotence."
Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1999). Advice for a Young Investigator. The MIT Press. (Translation of 4th Spanish Edition, 1916)
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