rerum natura sacra sua non simul tradit

[Bill Butler]

The above phrase appears - and I guess always has - on the front cover of the journal of the Hastings and East Sussex Natural History Society... of which I am the editor. It occurred to me when I received my copy of the 2015 journal that I ought to know what this means but I don't. The normal set of web searches leave me none the wiser except that it may be a quote from Seneca.
Grateful for any assistance.
regds Bill Butler

 

[Pacifica]

Hello,

It's indeed by Seneca (so Google has confirmed to me). It means "Nature (or the universe) does not reveal its secrets all at once."

 

[Bill Butler]

Thanks... I'll make a note of that.