THE BEE, 



LITERART WEEKLT INTELLIGENCER. 



WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26. 1791, 



Ciirfory Hints and Anecdotes of the late Doctor Willi AM 

 CuLLEN of Edinburgh^ continued from page 56. 



That Dodlor Cullen poffeHed genius, no man will deny. 

 The unlverfal reputation he obtained, feems to be a demon- 

 flratlve proof of this: But when this is admitted, it conveys 

 no definite idea of the talents of Cullen. There are many 

 men who have equally obtained the name of men of genius, 

 who could never perceive the nature of that charm by which 

 he enchanted fo many perfons in fuch an extraordinary de- 

 ^ee. They perceived not in him thofe wonderful talents 

 that others complimented him with; and they were ready to 

 afcribc the cnthuflafm tliey faw, to a kind of fafcination. 



The truth liowever is, that our language is by far too 

 jmperfcft to admit expreflions on this fubjecl fufficiently 

 diftindlive. The indefinite term genius is indifcrlminatdy 

 applied to denote a fiipcrior degree of mental faculties, of 

 v/hatcver kind or denomination they may be. Is it a won- 

 der tiicn, that among this diverfity of talents, there (liould 

 be two kinds that arc 'n\ fome degree incompatible v.'iiii each 

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