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If ... the motion of the earth were circular, it would be violent and contrary to nature, and could not be eternal, since ... nothing violent is eternal.... It follows, therefore, that the earth is not moved with a circular motion.

It is possible to demonstrate God's existence, although not a priori, yet a posteriori from some work of His more surely known to us.

The Philosopher says (Metaph. ii, 2) that "to suppose a thing to be indefinite is to deny that it is good." But the good is that which has the nature of an end. Therefore it is contrary to the nature of an end to proceed indefinitely. Therefore it is necessary to fix one last end.

Reply to Objection 1: There is nothing wholly evil in the world, for evil is ever founded on good, as shown above (Q[48], A[3]). Therefore something is said to be evil through its escaping from the order of some particular good. If it wholly escaped from the order of the Divine government, it would wholly cease to exist.

In this being may our treatise find its end and fulfillment.

It is not without reason that the Evangelist is careful to tell us the smallest details. For these two disciples signify two peoples, the Jews [by John] and the Gentiles [by Peter].

Now the highest good existing in things is the good of the order of the universe, as the Philosopher clearly teaches in Metaph. xii.

On the contrary, Augustine says (Octog. Tri. Quaest. qu. xlvi),"Such is the power inherent in ideas, that no one can be wise unless they are understood.

For men like William, the need for an audience was a simple fact of knightly life.

What probing deep Has ever solved the mystery of sleep?

At the beginning of the twentieth century barbarism can throw off its gentle disguise, and burn a man at the stake as complacently as in the Middle Ages.

Upon the cunning loom of thought We weave our fancies, so and so.

Since Eden's freshness and man's fall, no rose has been original.

O Lord, enter not into judgment with thy servant, for no man that liveth shall be justified in thy sight.

This is the School of Babylon And at its hand we learn To walk into the furnaces And whistle as we burn.

More than any other American sport, baseball creates the magnetic, addictive illusion that it can almost be understood.

Faith is the champion of grace, and love the nurse; but humility is the beauty of grace.

There is more evil in the least sin than in the greatest affliction.

I do not love thee, Doctor Fell.The reason why I cannot tell;But this alone I know full well,I do not love thee, Doctor Fell.

For Mythology is the handmaid of literature and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness.

The reader will, we apprehend, by this time have had enough of absurdities.

Those curious locks so aptly twin'd, Whose every hair a soul doth bind.

Give me more love or more disdain;The torrid or the frozen zone:Bring equal ease unto my pain;The temperate affords me none.

If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt.