" In prirnis, honnnis est propria VERI mquisitio atque investigatio. Itaque cum sumum negotiis neces- 

 sariis, curis quo vacui, turn avemus aliquid videre, audire, ac dicere, cognitionemque rerum, aut oc: -It- 

 arum aut admirabilium, ad ben6 beateque vivendum necessariam ducimus ; ex quo intelligitur, ^uod 

 VERUM, simplex, sincerumque sit, id esse naturae hominis aptissimum. Huic veri videndi curiditati ai- 

 juncta est appetitio quxdam principals, ut remini parere animus beng a natura informatus velit, ni.il 

 praecipienti, aut docenti, aut utHitatis causajustg et legitimfe imperanti: ex quo animi magnitude exis;it, 

 et bumanarum rerum contemtio." Cicero, de OJficiis, lib. 1, <> 13. 



Above all things, man is distinguished by his pursuit and investigation of TRUTH, and nen-c, when free 

 from needful business and cares, we delight to see, to hear, and to communicate, and consider a. knowl- 

 edge of many admirable and abstruse things necessary to the good conduct and happiness cf our Kves. . 

 Whence it is clear, that whatsoever is TRUE, simple, and direct, the same is most congenial to oil'- na- ) 

 ture as men. Closely allied with this earnest longing to see and know the truth, is a kind of d'gr.ifed ) 

 and princely sentiment which forbids a mind, naturally well constituted, to submit its faculties to any 

 but those who announce its precept and doctrine, or to yield obedience to apy orders but SMch as ars at 

 once just, lawful, and founded on utility From this source spring greatness of mind and contempt of 

 worldly advantages and troubles 



