The theist and the scientist are rival interpreters of nature, the one retreats as the other advances. The Existence of God (1913)
A law of nature is not a formula drawn up by a legislator, but a mere summary of the observed facts — a "bundle of facts." Things do not act in a particular way because there is a law, but we state the "law" because they act in that way. The Existence of God (1913)