"Et quoniam eadem natura cupiditatem ingenuit hominibus veri inveniendi, quod facillimi apparet, cum vacui curis, etiam quid in cœlo fiat, scire avemus: his initiis inducti omnia vera diligimus; id est, fidelia, simplicia, constantia; tum vana, falsa, fàllendia odimus." Cicero, de Fin. Bon. et Mal. ii. 14.
And forasmuch as nature itself has implanted in man a craving after the discovery of truth (which appears most clearly from this, that, when unoppressed by cares, we delight to know even what is going on in the heavens),-led by this instinct, we learn to love all truth for its own sake; that is to say, whatever is faithful, simple, and consistent; while we hold in abhorrence whatever is empty, deceptive, or untrue.
ENTERED according to the act of Congress, in the year 1836, by CAREY, LEA, & BLANCHARD, in the clerk's office of the district court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania.
T. K. & г. G. COLLINS. PRINTERS. PHILA