There were those who envied him his fame; and as his theories, resting upon known facts, were in opposition to the systems of science upon the question of the central fire, he sustained with his pen and by his voice remarkable discussions with the learned of every country.
Il en eut, et, comme ses théories, appuyées sur des faits certains, contredisaient les systèmes de la science sur la question du feu central, il soutint par la plume et par la parole de remarquables discussions avec les savants de tous pays.