Excerpt from The New Order of Sainthood He thus made reply 'philosophy, to an attentive ear, Clearly points out, not in one part alone, How imitative Nature takes her course From the celestial Mind, and from its art And where her laws1 the Stagirite unfolds, Not many leaves scann'd o'er, observing well Thou shalt discover, that your art on her Obsequious follows, as the learner treads In his instructor's step; so that your art Deserves the name of second in descent From God. These two, if thou recall to mind Creation's holy book,2 from the beginning Were the right source of life and excellence To human kind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.