Hoc est igniferi naturam fulminis ipsam perspicere et qua vi faciat rem quamque videre, non Tyrrhena retro volventem carmina frustra indicia occultae divum perquirere mentis, unde volans ignis pervenerit aut in utram se verterit hinc partim, quo pacto per loca saepta insinuarit, et hinc dominatus ut extulerit se, quidve nocere queat de caelo fulminis ictus.
This is to understand the true nature of the fiery thunderbolt, and to see by what power it plays its part; not by unrolling the scrolls of Tyrrhenian charms, vainly to search for signs of the hidden purpose of the gods, to learn whence the flying fire has come or into which of the two quarters it has turned hence, in what manner it has penetrated through walled places and after winning mastery how it has conveyed itself out, or what harm the stroke of a bolt from heaven can do.
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