A Man May Be Variously Accomplished, And

"there Is One Basis Of Science," Says Descartes, "one Test And Rule Of Truth, Namely, That Whatever Is Clearly And Distinctly Conceived Is True." A Profound Psychological Mistake. It Is True Only Of Formal Logic, Wherein The Mind Never Quits The Sphere Of Its First Assumptions To Pass Out Into The Sphere Of Real Existences; No Sooner Does The Mind Pass From The Internal Order To The External Order, Than The Necessity Of Verifying The Strict Correspondence Between The Two Becomes Absolute. The Ideal Test Must Be Supplemented By The Real Test, To Suit The New Conditions Of The Problem.

Whatever Lies Beyond The Limits Of Experience, And Claims Another Origin Than That Of Induction And Deduction From Established Data, Is Illegitimate.

He Who Is Ignorant Of Motion, Says Aristotle , Is Necessarily Ignorant Of All Natural Things. ...not Only Was He Entirely In The Dark Respecting The Laws, He Was Completely Wrong In His Conception Of The Nature Of Motion. ...he Thought That Every Body In Motion Naturally Tends To Rest.

To Some Men Popularity Is Always Suspicious. Enjoying None Themselves, They Are Prone To Suspect The Validity Of Those Attainments Which Command It.

The Intensity Of Vision In The Artist And Of Vividness In His Creations Are The Sole Tests Of His Imaginative Power.