CHAP. III.] GOOD OF MIND AND BODY COMPARED. 293 



religion, — the words " Optimus maximiis," and the Scripture 

 pronounces the mercy of God to be above all his works.^ 



We have now concluded that portion of morals which 

 appertains to the georgics of the mind; and should any one 

 imagine, in reading the different parts oi this science which 

 we have already handled, that all our labour consists in 

 unitinar into one digest of the sciences all that has been 

 neglected by other writers, and that such a work is at best 

 only supplying what is clear and evident, and easily arrived 

 at by reflection, let him freely enjoy his judgment; but at 

 the same time we beg him to keep in mind our first asser- 

 tion, that we sought in these researches, not the flourish and 

 ornament of things, but their use and verity. He may also 

 recall the ancient parable ot the Two Gates of Sleep : — 



" Sunt geminse Sorani Portse, quarum altera fertur 

 Cornea, qua veris iaoilis datur exitus umbris : 

 Altera, candenti periecta nitens elephanto ; 

 Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia manes."ff 



A gate of ivory is indeed very stately, but true dreams pass 

 through the gate of horn. 



There might, however, be added, byway of appendix, this 

 observation, that there is a certain relation and congruity 

 found between the good of the mind and the good of the 

 Dody. For as the good of the body consists in, — 1. Health; 

 2. Comeliness ; 3. Strength ; and, 4. Pleasure ; — so the good 

 of the mind, considered in a moral light, tends to render it, 

 — 1. sound and calm; 2. graceful; 3. strong and agile for 

 all the offices of life; and, 4. possessed of a constant quick 

 sense of pleasure and noble satisfaction. But as the four 

 former excellencies are seldom found together in the body, 

 so are the four latter seldom found together in the mind.'' 

 For it is evident that many are full of wit and courage, with- 

 out being either calm or elegant in their deportment, or 

 bea-utiful in their person; others again possess an elegant 



' Eccles. xviii. 12. e Virg. ^n. vi. 893. 



•» ITiis doctrine of the georgics of the mind is expressly endeavoured 

 to be supplied by Professor Wesenfeld, in the books he entitles " Arnold! 

 Wesenleld Georgica Animi et Vitae, seu Pathologia practica, moralia 

 nempe et civilis, ex physicis ubique lontibus repetita." Francof. 1695, 

 and 1712. Some account of this work is given in the " Acta Erudi- 

 torum." Mens. August, 1696. See also " Joan. Franc, Brudens de 

 CwJtwi> Ingeaiprujn," ^, Hals, 1699. Shaw, 



