LatestresearchhasprovedthatwhatsoeverofapretenderParacelsusmayhavebeenincertainrespects，hewasunquestionablyamanofextraordinarypowers：and，asapioneerinascienceofthefirstmagnitudeofimportance，deservingofhighhonour。
IfeverthefamousGermanattainahighplaceinthehistoryofthemodernintellectualmovementinEurope，itwillbeprimarilyduetoBrowning’schampionship。
ButofcoursetheextentorshallownessofParacelsus’claimisamatterofquitesecondaryinterest。Weareconcernedwiththepoet’spresentmentofthemanofthatstrangesoulwhomheconceivedofashavinganticipatedsofar，andashavingfocussedallthevagrantspeculationsofthedayintoonestartlingbeamoflight，nowlambentlypure，nowluridwithgrossconstituents。*
*Paracelsushastwoparticularclaimsuponourregard。
Hegaveuslaudanum，adiscoveryofincalculableblessingtomankind。