The ancients had looked for equality in the movements of planets traversing the circumferences of circles: they were mistaken. It is true this equality exists; only, not where they supposed. If they had sought it in the surfaces described by the vector radii, they would have anticipated Kepler's discovery of the laws which govern our world.
But their astronomical dogmas prevented them from seeing the path which led to this great discovery.
Hence we may conclude that Dogma is an evil thing.
CHAPTER II.
WHAT MAY BE SEEN UPON THE EARTH.
"I care not, Fortune, what you me deny;
You cannot rob me of free Nature's grace;