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opinions and notions; 2, to restrain themselves, till the 

 proper season, from generalization, they might, by the 

 proper and genuine exertion of their minds, fall into our 

 way of interpretation without the aid of any art. For in 

 terpretation is the true and natural act of the mind, when 

 all obstacles are removed: certainly, however, everything 

 will be more ready and better fixed by our precepts. 



Yet do we not affirm that no addition can be made to 

 them; on the contrary, considering the mind in its connec 

 tion with things, and not merely relatively to its own 

 powers, we ought to be persuaded that the art of inven 

 tion can be made to grow with the inventions themselves. 



