The Sequel to the Count of Gabalis

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...lost his way. He wanted to adjust his speculations to mine and to those of my great-great-grandfatheroriginal: "Trisayeul", and he ruined everything. If you hold him in low regard, you are right; and if you do not understand him, I think no less of you, for he is unintelligible. The philosophy he had learned from us was clear and pure, solid and perceptible; no wild vision made it ridiculous or suspect, and everything in it was suited to reforming moralsoriginal: "mœurs" – a term referring to the social habits, ethics, and conduct of a society.. I shall do my part to explain all this to you, and even to see that you are admitted among those who claim, with the help of GraceReferring to Divine Grace, a central concept in theological debates about human potential and salvation., to reform the morals of these times by the principles I have conceived. I must, however, go and consult God on the matter. I beg you, however, Sir, to forget the brusqueness I showed you upon entering; I shall be more civil when I have the honor of seeing you again. He wished to leave, but I took care not to let him escape. All these Visionariesoriginal: "Visionnaires" – used here to describe thinkers with eccentric or impractical mystical ideas. who set themselves up as Reformers,