and Paftions , upon the Under ft anding. 379 
-according to the impulfe of Jome diftind and 
unconnected faculty, but according to the ftate and 
difpofition of the tvhole mind. 
And, is it not true in fact, that men do thus 
judge, and feel, and a£t ; not according to the 
movement of a fingle power ; but, according to 
the general character and complexion of the heart ? 
The poet has beautifully illuftrated and enforced 
this fentiment.' 
-“The difference is as great between 
“ The optics feeing, as the objects feen. 
“ All manners take a tin&ure from our own ; 
“ Or come difcoloured, through our pajjions (hewn. 
“ Or Fancy’s beam enlarges, multiplies, 
“ Contrafts, inverts, and gives ten thoufand dyes.” 
Pope. 
Do not all Politicians judge upon every article 
of news, according to their prepoffeffions ? Is it 
not of equal importance, in education, to oi ve 
a proper bias to the heart , as to furnifh proper 
ideas for the head , in order to produce reCiitude cf 
mind ? Hence, the fanctitv of error Hence, 
the different manner in which you judge of the 
fame actions, in a friend , and in an enemy. Hence, 
all the advantages of manner , of oratory , of 
addrefs. And hence, all that fafcination of the 
graces , upon which, if a noble author has faid 
true, fo much depends. In all thefe cafes, the 
underftanding afts, not as a fingle infulated 
principle, but as taking its tinge and impreffon, 
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