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.
Hij kreeg er ook, en daar zijne theorie op stellige daadzaken gegrond, in tegenspraak was met de wetenschappelijke stelsels betreffende het inwendige vuur, voerde hij met pen en mond belangrijke twisten met de geleerden uit alle landen.