22.4 THEORT of the 



called the fubjun(5live, and amount to a full confirmation of 

 that account. 



II. The fecond of thofe conclufions can fcarce require any 

 explanation or commentary. The modification or mood of 

 thought, which is mod commonly exprefled by a grammatical 

 mood of a verb, is xinqueftionably that of affirmation, under 

 which we may comprehend negation, or elfe we mull ufe the 

 more general term propofition, which comprehends them both. 

 This is expreflTed by the indicative mood. Next to* this, the 

 moods of thought, moft commonly exprefled by verbs, are 

 thofe of command and of interrogation ; the latter (at leaft in all 

 the languages that I know any thing of) being ufually exprefled, 

 either by the addition of fome particle to the common indica- 

 tive mood, or elfe by fonie peculiar arrangement of the words 

 connedled with a verb in that mood. Vidljli, Thou Jaweji or 

 thou didji fee, Vidijlinef Sawejl thou^ or Didji thou fee f Some- 

 times, however, it is not exprefled in either of thefe ways, nor in 

 any way but merely by the tone of voice of the fpeaker ; and 

 confequently, when it is written, and read filenily, it cannot be 

 diftinguiflied from a propofition. Fervet avaritia pectus. Lau- 

 dis amore fumes. Hence the ufe of points or marks of interro- 

 gation in writing. The former (command) is commonly ex- 

 preflTed by a diftindl grammatical mood. 



These three moods are all plainly focial modifications of 

 thought. No man could be fuppofed even to form (not to fay 

 utter J a propofition, a queflion, or a command, who did not 

 believe that there were other intelligent Beings befides himfelf, 

 who might underfliand him. In general too, (for I admit there 

 may be exceptions to this) the perfon who utters a propofition 

 wiflies to be believed, he who gives a command wiflies to be 

 obeyed, he who puts a quefliion wiflies to be anfwered, and all 

 of them wifli to be underftood. Thefe are all operations of 



thought, 



