and although my speculations greatly pleased myself, I believed that others had theirs, which perhaps pleased them still more.〔【出典】日英対訳文・対応付けデータ(独立行政法人情報通信研究機構)〕"_DISCO06", "2584678"
and in room of the speculative philosophy usually taught in the schools, to discover a practical, by means of which, knowing the force and action of fire, water, air the stars, the heavens, and all the other bodies that surround us, as distinctly as we know the various crafts of our artisans, we might also apply them in the same way to all the uses to which they are adapted, and thus render ourselves the lords and possessors of nature.〔【出典】日英対訳文・対応付けデータ(独立行政法人情報通信研究機構)〕"_DISCO06", "2585936"
and so long as I gathered no other advantage from the method I employ beyond satisfying myself on some difficulties belonging to the speculative sciences, or endeavoring to regulate my actions according to the principles it taught me, I never thought myself bound to publish anything respecting it.〔【出典】日英対訳文・対応付けデータ(独立行政法人情報通信研究機構)〕"_DISCO06", "2586861"