He went not, with the Crowd, to ſee a Shrine;

That our fates should be made dependent upon the stars, planets, and constellations, however preposterous a conceit, at least imparts a dignity to our nature by conjoining earth with Heaven: but that the doom of kings, empires, and individuals, should be regulated […] by the entrails of victims, as analysed by the butchers of Haruspicy […] is an evidence of stupid credulity that levels civilised man to the savage […]

Schematic diagram of the viscosity effect during the injection of freshwater.

We need to nail down this carpet so people don't keep tripping over it.