My interpretation retains the twin threads of the balancedsentence
(really the parallel-construction) account because of the
important distinction between “science” and “(useful) arts” in
the Encyclopédie. At the same time, my interpretation is consistent
with a unitary preamble, as both writings and discoveries
can advance both science and useful arts. My interpretation
also incorporates the important division between “progress”
fields (based on quantifiable advancement) and “nonprogress”
fields (based on nonquantifiable taste or sentiment), which originated
in the Querelle.37 Thus, the scope of Congress’s authority