Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. In everything man has accomplished, we have only manipulated nature into doing what it is.
[Natura enim non imperatur, nisi parendo.]
Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, scientist, author, statesman
Novum Organum, Book 1, Aphorism 129 (1620)
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