XV

TO T H E 1 E A D E R,

And if for all this I fall short of my Attempt, I jhall yet havethis Satisfaction, that tho ’ I derive no Glory from my own Abilities{sensible of my great Defects ) I jhall yet deserve their Pardon formy Zeal to its Prosperity.

. Epictetus, xA.

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Wmtldji thou be a Philosopher ? ‘Prepare thyself for Scoffs : What ,you are setting up for a Virtuoso now ? Why si proud I pray? Wei jbe not thou proud for all this ; but so persisi in what feerits best andlaudaMeq ‘as if God himself had placed thee there’, and remember, thatsi long dr thou rertiatn’st in that State and Resolution, thy Reproachers'will itt time admire thee g But if otice, through Inconstancy, thou giveOtit and flinch, x<xray*Aa) 7 œ, thou defervest to be doubly

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Semi Men (like Lueian in Religion ) seek by their Wit, to traduce anejtppfe usoful Things ; because to arrive at them , they converse stt omean Experiments : But those rr-/io^defp;fe to be employ d in ordinaryand common Matters, never arrive to solid Perfection in ExperimentKnowledge.

Lo ? rd' V e r u l a m, Instaur. Scient.

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