For Why Should We Not Admire More

Admittedly Great Though These Reasons Be, They Are Not The Principal Grounds, That Is, Those Which May Rightfully Claim For Themselves The Privilege Of The Highest Admiration.

For Why Should We Not Admire More The Angels Themselves And The Blessed Choirs Of Heaven?

It Was Not The Part Of His Kindly Love That He Who Was To Praise God's Divine Generosity In Regard To Others Should Be Compelled To Condemn It In Regard To Himself.

The Pythagoreans Degrade Impious Men Into Brutes And, If One Is To Believe Empedocles, Even Into Plants.

But, When The Work Was Finished, The Craftsman Kept Wishing That There Were Someone To Ponder The Plan Of So Great A Work, To Love Its Beauty, And To Wonder At Its Vastness.