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if any such should think it worth their
while to the veteran Magistrate if any
such should think it consistent with their
Dignity to give him their attentions—
Philosophy for want of more substantial
stuff spinning with Cob-webs — Jurisprudence
piling up in wide confusion upon one another
cluttering herself up a huge heap of odds and ends for
want of .
If I Should I be found so happy as to succeed in
bringing these celestial artisans into
a more close acquaintance what a field cause for an attention, what a
rich & removeable manufacture may
not be hoped for from their united labours associated
endeavours.
Let us change our shift the Metaphors. for
Metaphors wear out like [Nabob's
Muslin] Cloth of .
It is high time for Philosophy to take up
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Could. ..
I too could be Anathema Maranatha.
I with all and imaginable respect without the emultive intention of disrespect
to the Apostle whose language I assume in whose words I swear I believe trust I assume speak it
with as much sinserity as he.
If their books should recese no change
in the course of a few years, it will probably
be because it is too bad to be worth
mending
What is men mean by Philosophy? common good sense disengaged
from prejudices, exercising itself upon subjects
of difficulty and importance—
In what sense can can a man be said to be disengaged
from prejudices? On what terms in what circumstances When the System
he produces is not a system he set out with,
but a System he sat down to find - If not
a System given him to defend, a System already put into
his hands by the hope of thriving
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