If, like Hume, I had all manner of adornment in my power, I would still have reservations about using them. It is true that some readers will be scared off by dryness. But isn't it necessary to scare off some if in their case the matter would end up in bad hands?

***Three Conditions of Happiness*** If you have work to do If you have someone you love If You have hope Then You are Happy now!

The enjoyment of power inevitably corrupts the judgment of reason, and perverts its liberty.

Always regard every man as an end in himself, and never use him merely as a means to your ends [i.e., respect that each person has a life and purpose that is their own; do not treat people as objects to be exploited].

But a lie is a lie, and in itself intrinsically evil, whether it be told with good or bad intents.

Beneficence is a duty. He who frequently practices it, and sees his benevolent intentions realized, at length comes really to love him to whom he has done good. When, therefore, it is said, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself," it is not meant, thou shalt love him first and do him good in consequence of that love, but, thou shalt do good to thy neighbor; and this thy beneficence will engender in thee that love to mankind which is the fulness and consummation of the inclination to do good.

The question is not so much whether there is life on Mars as whether it will continue to be possible to live on Earth