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<p>My dear Sam, I am in no mood for writing: and yet<lb/> | |||
as thou wilt have it so, and hast so many claims on<lb/> | |||
me, I will write.</p> | |||
<p>What need of those <unclear>underraluing</unclear> speeches in this Cast? The<lb/> | |||
reflection upon Lord Chesterfield was just and pertinent: and<lb/> | |||
tho' the <unclear>tirens</unclear> of it might have been better, they might much<lb/> | |||
easier have been worse. To me, <sic>tho</sic> <add>seemingly</add> obvious, it was <unclear>new</unclear>: as such<lb/> | |||
I thank thee for it. At the same time it was a natural subject<lb/> | |||
of animadversion enough for thee to fall upon, his neglect<lb/> | |||
of a talent which is more especially thy own. I mean <hi rend="underline"><unclear>suddenness</unclear></hi>, or that quality in a man which makes him proof against<lb/> | |||
delusive impressions. This <unclear>aim's</unclear> seemed to <add>have</add> been confined<lb/> | |||
almost exclusively to insinuation, or that faculty which<lb/> | |||
<unclear>fits</unclear> a man to produce such impassions as may best answer<lb/> | |||
his purposes, in other people. — delusive or otherwise,<lb/> | |||
he <unclear>cand</unclear> I suppose but little. The <del>first</del><add>latter</add> may be <unclear>stiled</unclear> an<lb/> | |||
<hi rend="underline">active</hi>; the <del>latter</del><add>first</add>, a <hi rend="underline">defensive</hi> faculty of the mind. The <del>first</del><add>latter</add><lb/> | |||
belongs more particularly to the <hi rend="underline">imagination</hi>: the <del>latter</del><add>first</add> to the<lb/> | |||
<hi rend="underline">judgment</hi>. "Wit" (which is the exercise of the imagination) "is<lb/> | |||
"<sic>employd</sic> <add>says Locke,</add> in <unclear>slacking</unclear> <unclear>out</unclear> resemblances: Discernment (which is<lb/> | |||
the exercise of the Judgment) in <del><gap/> <gap/></del><add><unclear>detecting</unclear></add> differences". He<lb/> | |||
uses the work "<hi rend="underline">wit</hi>" in its 'original <unclear>extensive</unclear> <sic>tho'</sic> now less frequent<lb/> | |||
sense: at present it is confined almost to such resemblances as</p> | |||
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My dear Sam, I am in no mood for writing: and yet
as thou wilt have it so, and hast so many claims on
me, I will write.
What need of those underraluing speeches in this Cast? The
reflection upon Lord Chesterfield was just and pertinent: and
tho' the tirens of it might have been better, they might much
easier have been worse. To me, tho seemingly obvious, it was new: as such
I thank thee for it. At the same time it was a natural subject
of animadversion enough for thee to fall upon, his neglect
of a talent which is more especially thy own. I mean suddenness, or that quality in a man which makes him proof against
delusive impressions. This aim's seemed to have been confined
almost exclusively to insinuation, or that faculty which
fits a man to produce such impassions as may best answer
his purposes, in other people. — delusive or otherwise,
he cand I suppose but little. The firstlatter may be stiled an
active; the latterfirst, a defensive faculty of the mind. The firstlatter
belongs more particularly to the imagination: the latterfirst to the
judgment. "Wit" (which is the exercise of the imagination) "is
"employd says Locke, in slacking out resemblances: Discernment (which is
the exercise of the Judgment) in detecting differences". He
uses the work "wit" in its 'original extensive tho' now less frequent
sense: at present it is confined almost to such resemblances as
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Jeremy Bentham |
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