“Men do not differ much about what things they will call evils; they differ enormously about what evils they will call excusable
“I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries
“Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby all mankind are set on work, and guided
“There is no object that we see, no action that we do, no good that we enjoy, no evil that we feel of fear, but we may make some spiritual advantage of all