If this be really so, what use is there,
If mystic approbation paves the way,
And not th’ intrinsic merit of the work?
Albertus Torquatus:
The science which is opening on the world
From such foundations as Thomasius laid
Will neither gain nor lose through such applause
As we or ye may choose to render it.
And yet thereby a way can now be found
By which mankind may study mystic lore.