"Those Ancient Men of Genius who rifled Nature by the Torch-Light of Reason even to her very Nudities, have been run a-ground in this unknown Channel; the Wind has blown out the Candle of Reason, and left them all in the Dark."
The Storm: Or a Collection of Casualties and Disasters Which happen'd in the Late Dreadful Tempest, Both By Sea and Land
Daniel Defoe, <u>The Storm: Or a Collection of Casualties and Disasters Which happen'd in the Late Dreadful Tempest, Both By Sea and Land</u>. (London: Printed for G. Sawbridge, 1704)<br>
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Text from Richard Hamblyn's edition of <u>The Storm</u> (Penguin Classics) 