8.20

Nature 6 pre-ordains the End of every thing, no less than its Beginning, and Coutinuance : As he that strikes a Ball, designs whither it should go, as well as which way : And what's the Ball the better all this while for mounting, or the worse for flying Lower, and coming to the Ground ? What does a Bubble get in the swelling, or lose in the breaking ? The same may be said of a Candle, which is every jot as happy out, as burning.

Translator Notes

  1. 6.
    Or Providence.