"FOR THE INVISIBLE THINGS OF HIM FROM THE CREATION 'OF THE 

 WORLD ARE CLEARLY SEEN; BEING UNDERSTOOD BY THE THINGS 

 THAT ARE MADE, EVEN HIS ETERNAL POWER AND GODHEAD." 

 ROMANS, I. 20. 



" In primis, hominis est propria veri inquisitio atque investigate. Itaque cum sumus 

 negotiis necessariis, cuvisque vacui, turn avemus aliquid videre, audire, ac dicere, cogni- 

 tionemque rerum, nut occultarum aut admirabillhini. ad bene beateque vivendum necrs- 

 sariam ducimus ; ex quo intelligitur, quod veruin, simplex, sincerumque sit, id esse nature; 

 hominis aptissimum. Huic veri videndi cupidiialis adjuncta cst appelitio queedam 

 principatus, ut nemini parere animus bene a natura informntus velit, nisi preecipienti, 

 aut docenti, aut utilitatis causa juste et legitime impranti : ex quo animi magnitude esistit, 

 et humanarum rerum contemtio." Cicero, de officiis Lib 1. $ 13. 



Before all other things, man is distinguished by his pursuit and investigation 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 itis 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 senti- 

 ment which forbids a mind naturally well constituted to submit its faculties to 'any but 

 those who announce it in preceptor in doctrine, or to yield obedience to any orders but 

 such as are at once just, lawful, and founded on utility. From this source springs great- 

 ness of mind and contempt of worldly advantages and troubles. 



