Philadelphia, or brotherly love to the studious in the hermetick art

cracking of the shell,
through great labor and
study, though they are young students original: "Striplings" to
whom a helping hand would
be welcome original: "acceptable", which
might lead them by
the shortest way to the cen-
ter the "center" refers to the core secrets or ultimate goal of medical and alchemical knowledge. Whom would it serve,
and what would it deserve? original: "merit"
If the production of their
Red Lead Red Lead: also known as minium; in alchemy, it often refers to a specific stage in the creation of the Philosophers' Stone or a potent medicinal base and its reduc-
tion into a drinkable form original: "Potability" were fa-
miliarly taught, even if the first
water first water: the primary solvent or "mercurial water" used in the initial stage of alchemical transmutation and its preparation
were wholly concealed.
Would not the sick be help-
ed, and the successful original: "happy" reach—