nature does not grant her favours to the cold-hearted

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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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.