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Philosophy Is As Far Separated From Impiety As Religion Is From Fanaticism.

There Are Three Principal Means Of Acquiring Knowledge... Observation Of Nature, Reflection, And Experimentation. Observation Collects Facts; Reflection Combines Them; Experimentation Verifies The Result Of That Combination.

If Your Little Savage Were Left To Himself And Be Allowed To Retain All His Ignorance, He Would In Time Join The Infant's Reasoning To The Grown Man's Passion, He Would Strangle His Father And Sleep With His Mother.

The Enjoyment Of Freedom Which Could Be Exercised Without Any Motivation Would Be The Real Hallmark Of A Maniac.

When Superstition Is Allowed To Perform The Task Of Old Age In Dulling The Human Temperament, We Can Say Goodbye To All Excellence In Poetry, In Painting, And In Music.