Two Truths Cannot Contradict One Another.

What Ever The Course Of Our Lives, We Should Recieve Them As The Highest Gift From The Hand Of God, In Which Equally Reposed The Power To Do Nothing Whatever For Us. Indeed, We Should Accept Misfortune Not Only In Thanks, But In Infinite Gratitude To Providence, Which By Such Means Detaches Us From An Excessive Love For Earthly Things And Elevates Our Minds To The Celestial And Divine.

With Regard To Matters Requiring Thought: The Less People Know And Understand About Them, The More Positively They Attempt To Argue Concerning Them.

Long Experience Has Taught Me This About The Status Of Mankind With Regard To Matters Requiring Thought: The Less People Know And Understand About Them, The More Positively They Attempt To Argue Concerning Them, While On The Other Hand To Know And Understand A Multitude Of Things Renders Men Cautious In Passing Judgment Upon Anything New.

For My Part I Consider The Earth Very Noble And Admirable Precisely Because Of The Diverse Alterations, Changes, Generations, Etc. That Occur In It Incessantly.

Science Proceeds More By What It Has Learned To Ignore Than What It Takes Into Account.