The Object Of Literature Is To Instruct,

Vehemence Without Feeling Is But Rant.

"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.

The Real People Of Genius Were Resolute Workers Not Idle Dreamers.

We Must Never Assume That Which Is Incapable Of Proof.

To His [ Plato's ] Great Disappointment, He Found Anaxagoras Adducing Simple Physical Reasons, Instead Of The Teleological Reasons, Which He Had Expected. Such A Teacher Could No Longer Allure Him.