ciifinot feiltf6^ryc^#ifi^end iht Iiabit of extetrtv 

 poTrine^ft'tS s()fei'lcihg, Wh-en a: man finds thsfct 

 lTk-\t6rds rtn[U<;t flow i^ an' uninterrupted sirc- 

 (?ess!6n, and tltat his ideas must keep p^ce 

 with then>, h6 will TifaVe no leisure for idle 

 rtliising. 



I-et us strprpo'se, a contentrorr held betw^ert 

 t1>^ employment Which engages u^ on the otit 

 hand, and the stimuli that act upon our senses 

 on the other. Each strives to draw the atten- 

 tion of the nlind towards itself, li the erti-^ 

 ptoymeint be pleasing, or if several of the 

 senses^ ins^te^d of one, be engaged in- it, we r&tiy 

 consider it as the stronger party, as having the 

 greatest force on its side. Attention would 

 be less apt to- waver if We were' to transcribe, 

 thai* if we re^d' a passage ift any aut:hor ; if we 

 s4v^ a drama peifermed on the stage, than' if we 

 pefiised it m the closet ; or if we* were present 

 at a parliamentary debate, than if it only reach 

 m throu-gh the cold medium of a newspaper. 

 When the mind therefore is agitated, and inca- 

 pable of intense application, it will be well to 

 betake ourselves to any occupation of which 

 we are enthusiastically fond. Whence arises 

 the fluency of the unlearned itinerant preacher. 

 It is to be ascribed to the two last principles 

 on which we have expatiated, habit and 

 enthusiasm. 



