TWO LOUPES AND A THOUGHT

“I have sent your Watch at last & envy the felicity of it, that it should be so near your side & so often enjoy your Eye. But have a care for it, for I have put such a spell into it; that every Beating of the Balance will tell you ‘tis the Pulse of my Heart, which labours as much to serve you and more truly than the Watch; for the Watch I believe will sometimes lie, and sometimes be idle & unwilling…but as for me you may be confident I shall never…”

~ Christopher Wren