And thus, while we know not that which Necessity is, we learn, at least, her decrees.

And now, what morality do we glean from this religion ?--for religion it is.

I believe in two deities--Nature and Necessity; I worship the last by reverence, the first by investigation.

What is the morality my religion teaches?
This--all things are subject but to general rules; the sun shines for the joy of the many--it may bring sorrow to the few; the night sheds sleep on the multitude--but it harbors murder as well as rest; the forests adorn the earth--but shelter the serpent and the lion; the ocean supports a thousand barks--but it engulfs the one.

It is only thus for the general, and not for the universal benefit, that Nature acts, and Necessity speeds on her awful course.