All things are linked together, and all are therefore deducible.

Causes suggest effects, effects lead back to causes.

Science resuscitates even the warts of the past ages.
Hence the keen interest inspired by an architectural description, provided the imagination of the writer does not distort essential facts.
The mind is enabled by rigid deduction to link it with the past; and to man, the past is singularly like the future; tell him what has been, and you seldom fail to show him what will be.

It is rare indeed that the picture of a locality where lives are lived does not recall to some their dawning hopes, to others their wasted faith.

The comparison between a present which disappoints man's secret wishes and a future which may realize them, is an inexhaustible source of sadness or of placid content.
Thus, it is almost impossible not to feel a certain tender sensibility over a picture of Flemish life, if the accessories are clearly given.
Why so?
Perhaps, among other forms of existence, it offers the best conclusion to man's uncertainties.