A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a system of metaphysics. Buddhism owed its success to its catholic spirit and its beautiful morality.
Bio: Vannoccio Biringuccio, sometimes spelt Vannocio Biringuccio, was an Italian metallurgist. He is best known for his manual on metalworking, De la pirotechnia, published posthumously in 1540.
