100 On Xalural. and: Moral F/u'losopht/. 



a sober analysis of man ? Is it a fact in thq 

 history, of man, thatitlie useful is always or ge- 

 nerallypresent to the mind, before moral judg- 

 ment is passed, and that the latter is only as a 

 c<>roll^.ry from a geometric truth ? In the ra- 

 pidity ot nioral. dej::isions, must a conviction of 

 the usefoj nqee^sa^^ily precede vJBUst the mind 

 wait,;.. till thi^lencjuiry, always not a little per- 

 plexed and involved, be satisfactorily; deter- 

 mined.? • When jtlie moral and the useful are 

 bqth'. .'ptt^sent, ai^d . iseparately appeal to the 

 i^md] as. judge, isj^ntenGi? ney^r, p.ipnoiinced 

 in favour of the.p)QTal;|>vh He th.e remonstrances 

 of; utility, arje^.^is^nissed with scorn ? In all 

 suQb cpllisions, : i^; it i\qt true, that the general 

 sen^e^c^nd appr<5>bation of mankipd is in favour 

 of th?. iTporal .4<f.^ewination ? Independent of 

 ^.lljcon^ideralws^fr uUlity, and when pot the 

 v,ery,';idea of i^i i? present, does a9,t; the mind 

 contemplate the mcral, look upon it, with re- 

 verence or delight; does it not feel, acknowledge, 

 that in its own nature, it asks not why there is 

 something which is wondroqsl^, • attractive, 

 something whkh captivates like the beautiful 

 and .sublime I :v;^ i^ agji^i^ai -jjiiijovn! orn on. 

 ^»,/Jhese are querie^s, which direct to. facts, and 

 are not to be decided by subtle reasoning, but 

 by careful and honest observation, by that 

 appeal vvhich every one may make, but where 



