We may be partial, but Fate is not.
The world exists for the education of each man.
Each of us sees in others what we carry in our own hearts.
And, in fine, the ancient precept, "Know thyself," and the modern precept, "Study nature," become at last one maxim.
Alas for the unhappy man that is called to stand in the pulpit, and not give the bread of life.
We cannot overstate our debt to the Past, but the moment has the supreme claim.