The Philosopher Should Be A Man Willing

Whereas, According To The Declaration Of That True Man Of The World Talleyrand, The Use Of Language Is To Conceal The Thoughts; This Is To Declare In The Present Instance, When I Say I Am Not Able To Bear Much Talking, It Means Really, And Without Any Mistake, Or Equivocation, Or Oblique Meaning, Or Implication, Or Subterfuge, Or Omission, That I Am Not Able; Being At Present Rather Weak In The Head, And Able To Work No More.

Water Is To Me, I Confess, A Phenomenon Which Continually Awakens New Feelings Of Wonder As Often As I View It.

I Shall Be With Christ, And That Is Enough.

What A Delight It Is To Think That You Are Quietly & Philosophically At Work In The Pursuit Of Science... Rather Than Fighting Amongst The Crowd Of Black Passions & Motives That Seem Now A Days To Urge Men Every Where Into Action. What Incredible Scenes Every Where, What Unworthy Motives Ruled For The Moment, Under High Sounding Phrases And At The Last What Disgusting Revolutions.

It Is Right That We Should Stand By And Act On Our Principles; But Not Right To Hold Them In Obstinate Blindness, Or Retain Them When Proved To Be Erroneous.