
Image has been resized, retouched, and cropped. Image Notes: Public domain depiction of a water droplet from ronymichaud at Pixabay. whose inquiry led QI to formulate this question and perform this exploration.) Murphy, Topic: Water, Quote and 580, Greenwich House, New York. 1983, Webster’s Treasury of Relevant Quotations by Edward F. The words were credited to Eiseley and “The Immense Journey” was cited. In 1983 an entry for the quotation appeared in “Webster’s Treasury of Relevant Quotations” by Edward F. Its least stir even, as now in a rain pond on a flat roof opposite my office, is enough to bring me searching to the window. If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water. Boldface added to this excerpt: 1957, The Immense Journey by Loren Eiseley, Chapter: The Flow of the River, Quote, Random House, New York. He gives an overview of natural history while musing on man's place in nature. The author explains several concepts and ideas related to the theory of evolution in a simple and beautiful language. educator and science writer Loren Eiseley published “The Immense Journey” which included an essay titled “The Flow of the River”. The Immense Journey is a collection of natural history essays written in a lyrical prose. Would you please help me to find a citation and identify the creator of this statement?

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Dear Quote Investigator: The motions of water are often mesmerizing, e.g., the rhythmic crashing of waves on a beach, the misty turbulence of a plunging waterfall, and the sparkling jet of a fountain.
