
领域
"In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind."
In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.
The melancholy science from which I make this offering to my friend relates to a region that from time immemorial was regarded as the true field of philosophy, but which, since the latter's conversion into method, has lapsed into intellectual neglect, sententious whimsy, and finally oblivion.
The facts are always friendly, every bit of evidence one can acquire, in any area, leads one that much closer to what is true.