The present state of the system of nature is evidently a resultant of what it was in the preceding moment, and if we conceive of an intelligence which at a given instant comprehends all the relations of the entities of this universe, it could state the respective positions, motions, and general effects of all these entities at any time in the past or future.

我想建立一些属于自己的东西，一些我可以指着说，这是我做的。这是我看到的唯一让生活有意义的方式。