Among The Innumerable Footsteps Of Divine Providence

O Truth Divine! Enlightened By Thy Ray, I Grope And Guess No More, But See My Way.

The Reader May Here Observe The Force Of Numbers, Which Can Be Successfully Applied, Even To Those Things, Which One Would Imagine Are Subject To No Rules. There Are Very Few Things Which We Know, Which Are Not Capable Of Being Reduc'd To A Mathematical Reasoning, And When They Cannot, It's A Sign Our Knowledge Of Them Is Very Small And Confus'd; And Where A Mathematical Reasoning Can Be Had, It's As Great Folly To Make Use Of Any Other, As To Grope For A Thing In The Dark When You Have A Candle Standing By You.

What I Have Said May Serve To Recommend Mathematics For Acquiring A Vigorous Constitution Of Mind; For Which Purpose They Are As Useful As Exercise Is For Procuring Health And Strength To The Body.

It Is Surprising To See What Superficial, Inconsequential Reasonings Satisfy The Most Part Of Mankind. A Piece Of Wit, A Jest, A Simile, Or A Quotation Of An Author, Passes For A Mighty Argument.... This Weakness And Effeminacy Of Mankind In Being Persuaded Where They Are Delighted, Have Made Them The Sport Of Orators, Poets, And Men Of Wit.

John Looked Ruddy And Plump, With A Pair Of Cheeks Like A Trumpeter.