1 things are going on in fecret which we 
€ know nothing of ! How many things are 
* there which this age firft Was acquainted 
€ with ! How many things that v/e are ig- 
4 norant of will come to light when all 
4 memory of us feall be no more ! For 
4 nature does not at once reveal all her fe~ 
* crets. We are apt to look on ourfelves as 
* already admitted into the fandtuary of her 
4 temple. We are ftill only in the porch. I 
* have entered, adds he, into the thick and 
* feady woods of nature, which are every 
4 where befet with thorns and briars. I 
1 have endeavored as much as poffible to 
4 keep clear of them, but experience has 
4 taught me that there is no mart fo circum- 
4 fpedt as never to forget himfelf, and there- 
d fore i have born with patience the fneers of 
4 the malevolent* andthebuffoneriesofthofe 
4 whofe vivacity is exerted only to mo- 
4 left and give offence to others. I have ia 
4 fpite of thefe infults, kept on. fteadiiy in 
4 my old path, and have ft ni feed the courfe 
4 1 was deftined for/ 
The latter part of this paffage, thews that 
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