God The Father, The Supreme Architect, Had

On Man When He Came Into Life The Father Conferred The Seeds Of All Kinds And The Germs Of Every Way Of Life.

The Pythagoreans Degrade Impious Men Into Brutes And, If One Is To Believe Empedocles, Even Into Plants.

At Last The Best Of Artisans Ordained That That Creature To Whom He Had Been Able To Give Nothing Proper To Himself Should Have Joint Possession Of Whatever Had Been Peculiar To Each Of The Different Kinds Of Being.

To [man] It Is Granted To Have Whatever He Chooses, To Be Whatever He Wills.

Let Some Holy Ambition Invade Our Souls, So That, Dissatisfied With Mediocrity, We Shall Eagerly Desire The Highest Things And Shall Toil With All Our Strength To Obtain Them, Since We May If We Wish.