6 APHORISMS AND REFLECTIONS 



XXIV 



Whatever evil voices may rage, Science, secure 

 among the powers that are eternal, will do her work 

 and be blessed. 



XXV 



There is assuredly no more effectual method of 

 clearing up one' s own mind on any subject than by 

 talking it over, so to speak, with men of real power 

 and grasp, who have considered it from a totally 

 different point of view. 



XXVI 



The parallax of time helps us to the true position 

 of a conception, as the parallax of space helps us to 

 that of a star. 



XXVIi 



[If animals are conscious automata with souls] 

 the soul stands related to the body as the bell of a 

 clock to the works, and consciousness answers 

 to the sound which the bell gives out when it is 

 struck. 



XXVIII 



Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools 

 and the beacons of wise men. 



XXIX 



The only question which any wise man can ask 

 himself, and which any honest man will ask himself, 

 is whether a doctrine is true or false. 



