The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.
It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
Anger is never without Reason, but seldom with a good One.
Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.
We cannot destroy kindred: Our chains stretch a little sometimes, but they never break.
I'd learned my lesson.