As for the devotees of Science, there is no need for me to inform them of the pleasure they derive from its pursuit. They are too well acquainted with its joys, transcending any which wealth or popular renown can offer, to care to read their eulogy. But this intense devotion must be born with one or date from some early association, and can rarely be acquired in mature years, so that it need not be dwelt upon here.
“Life according to reason,”—this was Aristotle’s definition of happiness.
The intellect is cold because it is unsympathetic. We must cultivate with it the imagination, which by vividly portraying pain, develops sympathy.
Do you wish to improve your mind? Then read carefully what you do not understand, and listen dispassionately to what you do not agree with.
Error is more agreeable than truth, because the latter points out our limitations and the former conceals them.