And as Nature, who gives supplies of food to every creature, dictates even naturally how to make use of it, so I, that had never milked a cow, much less a goat, or seen butter or cheese made only when I was a boy, after a great many essays and miscarriages, made both butter and cheese at last, also salt (though I found it partly made to my hand by the heat of the sun upon some of the rocks of the sea), and never wanted it afterwards.
A természet nemcsak ellátja élelemmel minden teremtményét, hanem arra is megtanít, hogyan éljünk vele helyesen. Én, aki korábban sosem fejtem tehenet, kecskét pláne nem, és csak gyerekkoromban láttam, hogyan készül a vaj vagy a sajt, hosszas ügyetlenkedés után szintén megtanultam ezeket.