In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from probable conjectures and the opinions of philosophical speculators of the common sort.

Cum in arcanis inueniendis et abditis rerum causis perquirendis, ab experiementis certioribus, et argumentis demonstratis, validiores existant rationes, quam a probabililbus coniecturis, et vulgo Philosophantium placitis.

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Gilbert, William. De Magnete, Magneticisque Corporibus, et de Magno Magnete Tellure [On the Magnet and Magnetic Bodies, and on That Great Magnet the Earth]. London: Peter Short, 1600, preface.

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Gilbert, William. De Magnete, translated by P. Fleury Mottelay. Dover Publications, 1991.

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In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from probable conjectures and the opinions of philosophical speculators of the common sort.