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iTiiiid, which so quickly proclaims its mart- 

 dates that he compares it to the winged 

 Mercury, new-lighted on a fair and ample 

 hill, so lolly, that, Olympus like, it seemed 

 to touch the heavens* 



Though it is very difficult to define the 

 rational processes, yet it is evident that we 

 compare, assort, arrange, separate, and com- 

 bine facts for the convenience of memory, 

 or for some supposed rational purpose. It 

 is also apparent that they become associated 

 in the adopted order, and further connected 

 with thoughts and feelings ; so that the 

 whole chain appears in succession when- 

 ever we observe a single link. It is like- 

 wise well known, that it is difficult to break 

 faulty associations which may have occurred 

 or been formed through accident or design. 

 In collecting facts, we observe a kind of 

 gradation in them, which often suggests a 

 plan of arrangement. Yet, in. accumulating 



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