Wikipedia contributors. (2024, January 14). John Walter Gregory. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved January 14, 2024, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Walter_Gregory&oldid=1195499176
And as a multitude of laws often only hampers justice, so that a state is best governed when, with few laws, these are rigidly administered; in like manner, instead of the great number of precepts of which Logic is composed, I believed that the four following would prove perfectly sufficient for me, provided I took the firm and unwavering resolution never in a single instance to fail in observing them.
John Walter Gregory (Wikipedia) John Walter Gregory, FRS, FRSE, FGS (27 January 1864 – 2 June 1932) was a British geologist and explorer, known principally for his work on glacial geology and on the geography and geology of Australia and East Africa.