The improvement of the mind : containing a variety of remarks and rules for the attainment and communication of useful knowledge in religion, in the sciences, and in common life / by I. Watts.

Date:
MDCCLXXXV [1785]
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Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    • « I Vlll. fufficient reconciliation of what might feem at firft to be fcarce confident. i The language and drefs of thefe fentimentsis fuch as the prefent temper of mind diftated, whether it were grave or pleafant, fevere or fmiling. If there has been any thing expreffed with too much feverity, I fufpeft it will be found to fall upon thofe fneering or daring wri- ters of the age againh religion and a- gainll the Chriftian fcheme, who feem to have left reafon or decency or both behind them in fome of their writings. o The fame apology of the length of years in compofing this book, may ferve alfo to excufe a repetition of the fame fentiments which may happen to be found in different places without the author's defign; but in other pages it was intended, fo that thofe rules for the /