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C H A P. XXIV. 



DIGRESSION on CHIME- 

 RICAL ARTS and SCIENCES. 



WHEN meditating on the ambitious 

 views of the human mind, we have 

 frequently fuid, 



J.i r.ince & T erreur, 



;;nam I'ordinaire appanage. 

 Tout mortel pour montcr au rang du Cre teur, 

 Voudroit/if oir beaucoup, & pouvoir davaiitage. 



The deviation* from reafon, ignorance and error ^ art 

 the ordinary portion cf the kwnc.n mind. Each mor* 

 tal, to raifs bimfelf to a rank with h:s Creator ', 

 would be able to know much, and to perform 

 more. And in faft, the iburce ot all the chime- 

 rical arts, and all the frivolous or pretended 

 fcicnces, feems to be difccm-red in thele four lines. 

 The ddire of being highly learned, or at lead 

 :ing In, has given rile to the art of dii'i- 

 natic, > all tiiofc which are dependant on ir. 



The dcfne (>f bein ^ powerful and formidable, or 

 at lead t tr lo, in order to feem to predict, 



.igical art, and all thofe that 

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