The Mathematics Are Friends To Religion; Inasmuch

Never Contradict. Never Explain. Never Apologize. (those Are The Secrets Of A Happy Life!)

Mathematical Knowledge Adds A Manly Vigour To The Mind, Frees It From Prejudice, Credulity, And Superstition.

To Bliss Unknown By Lofty Soul Aspires, My Lot Unequal To My Vast Desires.

When I Became Thoroughly Acquainted With The Greek And Roman Authors, I Thought It Incumbent Upon Me To Do Something Towards The Honor Of The Place Of My Nativity, And To Vindicate The Rhetoric Of This Ancient Forum Of Our Metropolis From The Aspersions Of The Illiterate By Composing A Treatise Of The Alercation Of The Ancients; Wherein I Have Demonstrated That The Purity, Sincerity, And Simplicity Of Their Diction Is Nowhere So Well Preserved As Amongst My Neighbourhood.

O Truth Divine! Enlightened By Thy Ray, I Grope And Guess No More, But See My Way.