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other? or that thofe who poflefs the one in an eminent de- 

 gree, fotnetiiTies can form no idea of the bewitching charfns 

 tliat accompany the exertions of fiiperior powers, of a kind 

 with which they are entirely unacquainted? A Kewton 

 might not perhaps^'iave had a mulical ear ; and in that cafe 

 ]ie could not have tormeJ an idea of the way in which a 

 Handel could leadthe ravifhed multitude after I im; nor could 

 a Handel (he was blind) form an idea of the charms by 

 which the pencil of a Reynolds fhould captivate the admir- 

 ing people. 



In fcientific purfuits, men may be arranged into two grand 

 clalTes, which, though gi ea'.ly different from each other in 

 their extremes, yet approximate at times fo near as to be 

 blended indifcriminately together: thofe whopoffefs a talent 

 for detail, and thole who are endowed wish the faculty of 

 arrangement. Thefirft may befaid to view objc(?>s individu- 

 ally, as through a microfcopc. The field of vifion is confined; 

 but tlie oKjc(fts included within that field, which mufl ufually 

 be confidercd fingly and apart from all others, are feen witli 

 a wonderous degree of accuracy and diflinftnef*. The other 

 takes a fweeping view of the univcrfe at large, conflders 

 every objeft he perceive?, not individually, but as a part of one 

 harmonious whole: His mind is therefore not fo much em- 

 ployed in examining the fejia'-ate parts of tliis individual ob- 

 iecft, as in tracing its relations, connexions, and depen- 

 , dencies on thofe arouod it. Such was the tiun of Cullen's 

 mind. The talent for arrangement was that which peculiar- 

 ly diftrnguifhed him from the ordinary clafs of mortals : and 

 this talent he polTeffed perhaps in a more dift'nguiftied de- 

 gree than any other pcrfon of the age in which- lie lived. 

 Many perfons exceeded him in the minute knowldge of par-r 

 ticular departments, who, knowing this, naturally locked 

 upon him as their inferior ; but pofTclIing not at the fame 

 time that glorious facult}-, which, '■'• with an eye wide rram- 

 ing, gliinces from the earth to heaven," or the charms 

 which this talent can infufe into congenial minds, felt diA 

 guft rit the pre-emince he obtained, and aftou'fliment at the 

 means by vvliich he obtained it. An Arifiotle and a Bacou 



