" in primis, hominis estpropria VERI inquisitio atque investigatio. Itaque 

 " cum sumus negotiis necessariis, curisque vacui, turn avemus aliquid 

 " videre, audire, ac dicere, cogrutionemque rerum, aut occultarum aut aJ- 

 ' inirabilium, ad benfc beuteque vivendum necessariam ducimus ; ex quo 

 " intelligitur, quod VERUM, simplex, sincerumque sit, id esse naturae hominis 

 " aptissimum. Huic veri videndi cupiditati adjuncta est appetitio qua?. 

 " dam principatfts, ut nemini parere animus benfe a natura informatus velit, 

 " nisi precipienti, aut docenti, aut utilitatis causa juste et legitimfe impe- 

 " ranti : ex quo animi magnitude existit, et humanarum rerum contemtio." 

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Before all other things, man is distinguished by his pursuit and investiga- 

 tion of TRUTH. And hence, when free from needful business and cares, we 

 delight to see, to hear, and to communicate, and consider a knowledge of 

 many admirable and abstruse things necessary to the good conduct and 

 happiness of our lives : whence it is clear that whatsoever is TRUE, simple, 

 and direct, the same is most congenial to our nature as men. Closely allied 

 with this earnest longing to see and know the truth, is a kind of dignified 

 and princely sentiment which forbids a mind, naturally well constituted, to 

 submit its faculties to any but those who announce it in precept or in doc- 

 trine, or to yield obedience to any orders but such as are at once just, 

 lawful, and founded on utility. From this source spring greatness of mind 

 and contempt of worldly advantages and troubles. 



