TemporamutanturexcusemeforquotingtheEtruscan。WhatwouldwedowithouttheAtalantictelegraph？PunditsaysAtlanticwastheancientadjective。Welaytoafewminutestoaskthecuttersomequestions，andlearned，amongothergloriousnews，thatcivilwarisraginginAfrica，whiletheplagueisdoingitsgoodworkbeautifullybothinYuropeandAyesher。Isitnottrulyremarkablethat，beforethemagnificentlightsheduponphilosophybyHumanity，theworldwasaccustomedtoregardWarandPestilenceascalamities？Doyouknowthatprayerswereactuallyofferedupintheancienttemplestotheendthattheseevils！mightnotbevisiteduponmankind？Isitnotreallydifficulttocomprehenduponwhatprincipleofinterestourforefathersacted？Weretheysoblindasnottoperceivethatthedestructionofamyriadofindividualsisonlysomuchpositiveadvantagetothemass！

　　April3。Itisreallyaveryfineamusementtoascendtherope-ladderleadingtothesummitoftheballoon-bag，andthencesurveythesurroundingworld。Fromthecarbelowyouknowtheprospectisnotsocomprehensiveyoucanseelittlevertically。

　　ButseatedherewhereIwritethisintheluxuriously-cushionedopenpiazzaofthesummit，onecanseeeverythingthatisgoingoninalldirections。Justnowthereisquiteacrowdofballoonsinsight，andtheypresentaveryanimatedappearance，whiletheairisresonantwiththehumofsomanymillionsofhumanvoices。IhavehearditassertedthatwhenYelloworPunditwillhaveitViolet，whoissupposedtohavebeenthefirstaeronaut，maintainedthepracticabilityoftraversingtheatmosphereinalldirections，bymerelyascendingordescendinguntilafavorablecurrentwasattained，hewasscarcelyhearkenedtoatallbyhiscontemporaries，wholookeduponhimasmerelyaningenioussortofmadman，becausethephilosophers？ofthedaydeclaredthethingimpossible。Reallynowitdoesseemtomequiteunaccountablehowanythingsoobviouslyfeasiblecouldhaveescapedthesagacityoftheancientsavans。ButinallagesthegreatobstaclestoadvancementinArthavebeenopposedbytheso-calledmenofscience。Tobesure，ourmenofsciencearenotquitesobigotedasthoseofold：oh，Ihavesomethingsoqueertotellyouonthistopic。DoyouknowthatitisnotmorethanathousandyearsagosincethemetaphysiciansconsentedtorelievethepeopleofthesingularfancythatthereexistedbuttwopossibleroadsfortheattainmentofTruth！Believeitifyoucan！Itappearsthatlong，longago，inthenightofTime，therelivedaTurkishphilosopherorHindoopossiblycalledAriesTottle。

　　Thispersonintroduced，oratalleventspropagatedwhatwastermedthedeductiveorapriorimodeofinvestigation。Hestartedwithwhathemaintainedtobeaxiomsor“self-evidenttruths。”andthenceproceeded“logically“toresults。HisgreatestdiscipleswereoneNeuclid，andoneCant。Well，AriesTottleflourishedsupremeuntiladventofoneHog，surnamedthe“EttrickShepherd。”whopreachedanentirelydifferentsystem，whichhecalledtheaposterioriorinductive。HisplanreferredaltogethertoSensation。Heproceededbyobserving，analyzing，andclassifyingfacts-instantiaenaturae，astheywereaffectedlycalledintogenerallaws。AriesTottle’smode，inaword，wasbasedonnoumena；Hog’sonphenomena。Well，sogreatwastheadmirationexcitedbythislattersystemthat，atitsfirstintroduction，AriesTottlefellintodisrepute；butfinallyherecoveredgroundandwaspermittedtodividetherealmofTruthwithhismoremodernrival。ThesavansnowmaintainedtheAristotelianandBaconianroadswerethesolepossibleavenuestoknowledge。

　　“Baconian。”youmustknow，wasanadjectiveinventedasequivalenttoHog-ianandmoreeuphoniousanddignified。

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