“One must become Prometheus and show man the fervor of progress: to disseminate knowledge, defy the gods, embrace the consequences, even if the gift he has given to mankind shall not be understood immediately. And while we often believe that what is old becomes distasteful, it is of the greatest thoughts to steep in the tincture of time, and thereby put to rout all that is not great, so that after every condemnation it will be left transformed into that more potent than it has yet reached; for if it is so great, then it will be! [si tanta, erit!] — a greatness self-evident that even the most foolish of men would never dare vilify it. Eventually men will only marvel at it: only then will they praise it, place its contents upon the altar, and leave behind all the damnation they have caused in its name. Only then will they travel on and find another work deserving of their pity.”