请记住,我的观察和想法只是我自己独立冲动和好奇心的结果;因为,除了我自己之外,我们镇上没有哲学家实践这种艺术,所以祈祷,不要误解我可怜的笔和我在这里随意写下我的随意想法。
(Please bear in mind that my observations and thoughts are the outcome of my own unaided impulse and curiosity alone; for, besides myself, in our town there be no philosophers who practice this art, so pray, take not amiss my poor pen and the liberty I here take in setting down my random notions.)