The present state of the system of nature is evidently a consequence 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.

One of my primary objects is to form the tools so the tools themselves shall fashion the work and give to every part its just proportion.

适应能力是当今快速变化的世界中最重要的技能。