I Am A Plain Practical Man, Not

By Religion, Then, I Understand A Propitiation Or Conciliation Of Powers Superior To Man Which Are Believed To Direct And Control The Course Of Nature And Of Human Life.

The World Cannot Live At The Level Of Its Great Men.

In Point Of Fact Magicians Appear To Have Often Developed Into Chiefs And Kings.

The Abundance, The Solidity, And The Splendor Of The Results Already Achieved By Science Are Well Fitted To Inspire Us With A Cheerful Confidence In The Soundness Of Its Method.

The Advance Of Knowledge Is An Infinite Progression Towards A Goal That Ever Recedes.