My Reflection, When I First Made Myself

It Is The First Duty Of A Hypothesis To Be Intelligible.

My Belief Is That No Human Being Or Society Composed Of Human Beings Ever Did Or Ever Will Come To Much Unless Their Conduct Was Governed And Guided By The Love Of Some Ethical Ideal.

The Thief And The Murderer Follow Nature Just As Much As The Philanthropist.

The Birth Of Science Was The Death Of Superstition.

Surely It Must Be Plain That An Ingenious Man Could Speculate Without End On Both Sides, And Find Analogies For All His Dreams. Nor Does It Help Me To Tell Me That The Aspirations Of Mankind