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The hiding places of Nature have not been so exhausted that all her secrets have become known; instead, more remains hidden than is known, namely, those things which are true, and which, as effects, bear witness to their cause. Nature, which reigns diffused through the four spheres of the Elements and the heavens, that is, the universe, has produced as many hidden mysteries of its own, by the will of the Supreme Creator, as there are species of things. She recognizes hiding places, in which she has hidden whatever she wished to be removed from the common eye or untouched by hand. She does this not as the greedy and envious are accustomed to do, driven by the sting of vice, but so that she might apply a spur toward virtue in those who are slow and lazy. This spur encourages them to seek out what is concealed, to value what is found, and to protect what is precious. For just as those things which lie open before one's feet are often unappreciated, unless seasoned by rarity, so those things which lie in hiding are usually welcomed, unless they become commonplace through frequent use.