"...if I have not sufficient greatness of soul to strive to become the Master of Nature, overthrow the Elements, hold communion with Supreme Intelligences, command demons, become the father of giants, create new worlds, speak with God upon His formidable Throne, and compel the Cherubim who guards the gate of terrestial Paradise to let me stroll now and then in its aIleys, it is I, and I alone, who am to blame or to be pitied."
Abbé N. Montfaucon de Villars, 1670
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