“The whole secret of the study of nature lies in learning how to use one's eyes.”

—  George Sand

Apprendre à voir, voilà tout le secret des études naturelles.
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Letter to Juliette Lambert-Adam (7 April 1868)

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Apprendre à voir, voilà tout le secret des études naturelles.

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French novelist and memoirist; pseudonym of Lucile Aurore D… 1804–1876

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