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by the moving mufcles covrefponded in both thefe 
pei-fons, the conformity of their charaaers would 
be manifert beyond difpute. 
Thus, were fuch an uncommon feature difcovercd 
in any fmgular man, as to be noticed again only ip. 
the countenance of an illuftrious charaaer, this dif- 
tinguirthng mark might be^fafely pronounced as the * 
furelt criterion by which we could judge and lind 
out any fliade of difference. 
This idea may be bed cleared up by mentioning 
a cafe in point. 
Befide many traits which the great Haller had 
in common with other enlightened beings, he was 
diftinguiOied by what might be called a ray of 
literary glory, or a circle under his lower eye-lid, 
and fuch as had never been noticed in any other 
mortal. 
Confcquently that trait has not yet been under- 
ftood ; but were it difeovered in any other indivi- 
dual, there would be full fcope for enquiring whe- 
ther his genius was like Haller s in any refpeff. 
At all events, were two faces found with a fimilar 
honourable ftamp, we might take pride in having 
difeovered a new letter of the Fhyliographicaf al- 
phabet. 
It IS, « n e ver th.elefs, w’ltlnn the limits of probabi- 
lity, that fo celebrated a vvriter may have poffeffed 
particular foibles, exprefled by that particular markj 
nor is it impofliblc that the weakeft man may be 
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