LIB. I. 55, 56. 33 



differentias ; alia, ad notandas rerum similitudines 73 . 

 Ingenia enim constantia et acuta figere contempla- 

 tiones, et morari, et hserere in omni subtilitate differen- 

 tiarum possunt : ingenia autem sublimia et discursiva 

 etiam tenuissimas et catholicas rerum similitudines et 

 agnoscunt et componunt : utrumque autem ingenium 

 facile labitur in excessum, prensando aut gradus rerum, 



aut umbras. 



LVI. 



Reperiuntur ingenia alia in admirationem antiquita- 

 tis, alia in amorem et amplexum novitatis effusa 74 ; 

 pauca vero ejus temperamenti sunt, ut modum tenere 

 possint, quin aut quae recte posita sunt ab antiquis 

 convellant, aut ea contemnant quae recte afferuntur a 

 novis. Hoc vero magno scientiarum et philosophise 

 detrimento fit, quum studia potius sint antiquitatis et 

 novitatis, quam judicia : veritas autem non a felicitate 



73 See on this Hallam s Lit. of Subtilty differences. See Macau- 



Eur. vol. II. part iii. ch. Hi. 76. lay s Essay on Bacon. The&quot;know- 



The highest minds have both cha- ledge of Differences&quot; is the peculiar 



racteristics. &quot; And,&quot; as Hallam work of the Intellect. This is sha- 



adds, &quot; the inductive method is at dowed by the Geschead-wissen of 



once the best exercise of both, and the Anglo-Saxons, 



the best safeguard against the ex- 74 See Adv. of Learning, p. 47, 



cesses of either.&quot; Bacon, he holds, and infra 1.84. This attachment to 



was more fond of resemblances than particular periods is akin to the pre- 



differences. He shews this in his occupation of the Feelings. (Cf. supr. 



Metaphors. &quot; This is the case with 1.49.) Those who love Antiquity for 



men of a sanguine temper, warm its own sake are led to it either by 



fancy, and brilliant wit.&quot; In fact the fact that 

 Genius best sees resemblances, 



&quot; The past must ever win 

 A brightness from its being far, 

 And orb into the perfect Star 

 We saw not while we moved therein.&quot; Tennyson In Mem. 



or by a natural instinct which hails ment and stimulus which is natural 



antiquities as so many threads to us, and which within bounds pro- 



which connect us with our Ances- duces much good, but which, if suf- 



tors. The absorbing love of Novelty fered to rule us, must destroy all 



is a result of that desire for excite- soundness of judgment. 



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