The first, I shall mention, is that of precluding so many people, altogether, from the getting the money they stand in need of, to answer their respective exigencies. I hope this Age will scape so great a Blemish. I know a little what it is, and how few people understand it. No human science can keep it. Saint Thomas did not keep it.
Mathematics keep it, but they are useless on account of their depth.
It is, therefore, proper for us to know who told us so, that we may know what credit to give to the report. So, also, a thought is limited by another thought, but a body is not limited by thought, nor a thought by body. As the sum of human happiness is supposed to consist in the goods of mind, body, and fortune, I would fain make my studies of some use to mankind with regard to each of these three particulars, and hope it will not be thought faulty or indecent in any man, of what profession soever, to offer his mite towards improving the manners, health, and prosperity of his fellow-creatures. Yes, and I hope they don't go out of business. Tried, but it wouldn't work on my computer.