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aggregate value of all such application will not
compare with the treasure of the pure theory itself. For when
he has surveyed the whole subject, he will see that the theory
of logic, in so far as we attain to it, is the vision and the attainment of that
reasonableness for the sake of which the Heavens and the
Earth have been created.

Meantime, O Reader, not yet seeing the truth of this, why
is it that you have undertaken the study of logic? You
may have some excellent reasons which are peculiar to
your personal relations to science and to life. But
in addition to these, there are certain reasons which you
must have, since they attach to the very essence of
the study. Presuming that, aside from personal reasons,
you desire in singleness of heart to examind the theory
of reasoning under the guidance of an older student,
I remark that this very fact is evidence that you are
already a much better logician than are the mass