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this subject. Their surprize was indeed 

 natural, because they were not then fully 

 acquainted with his views and motives. 



I mention these things, because I am 

 aware that there are some who say sym- 

 pathy is a term without any direct mean- 

 ing, and that all which Mr. Hunter said 

 on the subject of life, explains ndthing. 

 What Mr. Hunter meant, I believe 1 

 understand; what persons of different 

 sentiments, whom I acknowledge possess 

 great information and ability, mean, when 

 they talk in this manner, I am not so 

 well able to discover. They seem to deny 

 that life can be any thing which may not be 

 seen or felt. They seem to wish us to be- 

 lieve that they have that philosophical turn 

 of mind which exempts them from vulgar 

 prejudices, and that no Theory appears to 

 therq satisfactory, neither do they propose 

 any for our adoption. 



Thinking being inevitable, we ought, as 

 I said in the beginning, to be solicitous to 

 think correctly. Opinions are equally the 



