304 Some reasonable Reflections on 
u ther in his Underftanding, as long as he 
* £ is awake, Rede&ion on thefe Appear- 
e ‘ ances of feveral Ideas one after another in 
* e our Minds, is what we call Duration . 
* e For whild we are thinking, or whild we 
u receive fucceffively feveral Ideas in * our 
6( Minds, we know that we do exid: and 
ie fo we call the Exidence, or the Conti- 
4£ nuation of Exidence of ourfelves, or any 
Thing elfe commenfurate to the Succeffion 
of any Ideas in our Minds, the Duration 
* 6 of ourfelves, or any fuch other Thing 
46 co-exiding with our Thinking 
From thefe Principles it is manifed, that 
one Day may appear as a thoufand Years, 
and a thoufand Years but as one Day : by 
which Means, the Lives of all Creatures, for 
aught we know, may feem to themfelves 
nearly of the fame Duration. It is at lead 
probable, that fomething like this may 
really be the Cafe as to the Inhabitants of 
this our Earth : for as the fame Functions 
or Offices of Life, namely, to be born, feek 
proper Sudenance, increafe in Bulk, arrive 
at full Maturity, propagate the Kind, and 
die, are equally performed by all ; they who 
perform them in a few Months, Days, or 
# Vide Locke on Human Underftanding, Chap. XIV. 
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