This fixes as it were the latitude and longitude of each discovery, and enables us to place it in that part of the map of human knowledge which it ought to occupy. It likewise enables us to use it in taking bearings and distances, and in shaping our course when we go in search of new discoveries.

To engage in experiments on heat was always one of my most agreeable employments.
BENJAMIN THOMPSON

Employment Heat Science
Virtue never dwelt long with filth; nor do I believe there ever was a person scrupulously: attentive to cleanliness, who was a consummate villain.
BENJAMIN THOMPSON

Belive Consummate Dwelt Scruptously
So great is the effect of cleanliness upon man, that it extends even to his moral character.
BENJAMIN THOMPSON

Believe Character Effect Men
This fixes as it were the latitude and longitude of each discovery, and enables us to place it in that part of the map of human knowledge which it ought to occupy. It likewise enables us to use it in taking bearings and distances, and in shaping our course when we go in search of new discoveries.
BENJAMIN THOMPSON

Discovery Enable Knowledge Longitude Map Occupy

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