Old Religious Factions Are Volcanoes Burnt Out.

Is It In Destroying And Pulling Down That Skill Is Displayed? The Shallowest Understanding, The Rudest Hand, Is More Than Equal To That Task.

An Entire Life Of Solitude Contradicts The Purpose Of Our Being, Since Death Itself Is Scarcely An Idea Of More Terror.

I Despair Of Ever Receiving The Same Degree Of Pleasure From The Most Exalted Performances Of Genius Which I Felt In Childhood From Pieces Which My Present Judgment Regards As Trifling And Contemptible.

A Speculative Despair Is Unpardonable Where It Our Duty To Act.

We Must Not Always Judge Of The Generality Of The Opinion By The Noise Of The Acclamation.