The Sciences Are Of A Sociable Disposition,

Mankind Will Not Be Reasoned Out Of The Feelings Of Humanity.

In All Tyrannical Governments The Supreme Magistracy, Or The Right Both Of Making And Of Enforcing The Laws, Is Vested In One And The Same Man, Or One And The Same Body Of Men; And Wherever These Two Powers Are United Together, There Can Be No Public Liberty.

To Deny The Possibility, Nay, The Actual Existence Of Witchcraft And Sorcery, Is At Once Flatly To Contradict The Revealed Word Of God In Various Passages Both Of The Old And New Testament, And The Thing Itself Is A Truth To Which Every Nation In The World Hath, In Its Turn, Borne Testimony, By Either Example Seemingly Well Attested Or By Prohibitory Laws, Which At Least Suppose The Possibility Of A Commerce With Evil Spirits.

The Sciences Are Of A Sociable Disposition, And Flourish Best In The Neighborhood Of Each Other; Nor Is There Any Branch Of Learning But May Be Helped And Improved By Assistance Drawn From Other Arts.

There Is Nothing Which So Generally Strikes The Imagination And Engages The Affections Of Mankind, As The Right Of Property.