Charles Darwin — "If a man were to read a book on the cultivation of fruit trees, and then attempt…"

If a man were to read a book on the cultivation of fruit trees, and then attempt to practice it without having seen a single tree, he would not be more unsuccessful than those who attempt to philosophise on the causes of things without having made any observations.
Charles Darwin — Charles Darwin Modern · Theory of evolution

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Emphasizing the importance of empirical observation.

Date: c. 1830s

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