Key to the Secrets of Nature

not only refuse to take the trouble to reflect and investigate, nor even wish to think in the slightest; nor is it for those clever wits who know and understand everything at a single glance: but rather for sincere seekers of truth, who allow themselves to be led so that they may later walk on their own.

The Author, in dedicating this work to the late Elector original: "Курфирстъ" (Kurfürst). A high-ranking prince of the Holy Roman Empire who held the right to participate in the election of the Emperor. The author, Karl von Eckartshausen, served at the court of Karl Theodor in Munich. of Bavaria, Karl Theodor, in whose service he was, says in his dedication:

"I sincerely confess to Your Electoral Serenity, that as much
"as I love humanity in general, and as much as
"I desire to serve the lowliest of my
"fellow-citizens: so much do I fear
"the company of the many; for my way
"of thinking agrees with but very few;
"and I truly feel that the more
"often I am among men, the
"less I return to myself as a
"man."

In this instance, the translator is in surprising agreement with the Author; and perhaps this similarity of sentiment is the cause of his labors, through which he desires to serve you, kind and well-intentioned Reader!

The illustration included with this book is self-explanatory. The vignette, however—