Will now through thee find out a road by which

They can attain the light in their own way.

Thomasius:

Exalted Master, and ye, honoured sirs!

Ye think to see before you now a man

Who, through the Spirit’s power and earnest strife,

Was able to produce the work you praise

And can acknowledge with your fostering care.

Ye think that he will certainly succeed

In reconciling science of today