If we are interested enough, life is always telling us "yes" or "no".
"Conscience," says Dr. South, "is a Latin word, though with an English
termination, and, according to the very notation of it, imports a double or
joint knowledge; to wit, one of a divine law or rule, and the other of a man's
own action; and so is properly the application of a general law to a particular
instance of practice." - Remarks upon alchemy and the alchemists... by
Ethan Allen Hitchcock
Diplomat = double science
