_Wax_ and _Brick_.
There was a Question started once about _Wax_, and _Brick_, why the One
should be so Brittle, and liable to be Broken with Every Knock, and the
Other bear up against All Injuries and Weathers, so Durable and Firm. The
_Wax_ Philosophiz’d upon the Matter, and finding Out at last, that it was
Burning made the _Brick_ so Hard, Cast it self into the _Fire_, upon an
Opinion that Heat would Harden the _Wax_ too; but That which Consolidated
the One, Dissolv’d the Other.
The MORAL.
_’Tis a Folly to try Conclusions without Understanding the Nature of the
Matter in Question._