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The "Freemasons' Magazine: And Cabinet Of Universal Literature, For March 1796.
Mrs . Caslon was the daughter and only child of Mr . Cartlitch * , an eminent refiner in Foster Lane , Cheapside , and was born May 31 , 1 730 ; so that at her death she was in the 66 th year of her age . The urbanity of her manners , arid he diligence and activity in the conduct of so extensive a concern , attached to her interest all who had dealings AA'ith her : and the steadiness of her friendship rendered her death highly lamented by all who had the happiness of being in the extensive circle of her acquaintance .
The Happiness Of Life Attributed To The Varieties Of Human Sentiments And Opinions.
THE HAPPINESS OF LIFE ATTRIBUTED TO THE VARIETIES OF HUMAN SENTIMENTS AND OPINIONS .
FOR THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE .
T HAVE often thought it no inconsiderable display of the wisdom - '' -and power of our great Creator , that he has made so manifest a distinction between every individual of the human species : That amongst so many millions of his creatures there are not two persons to be produced who perfectly resemble each other in any thing—I meanAvho shew exactly the same featuresspeak in the same tone
, , , think in the same manner , or write exactly the same hand . If we give this subject the attention' it deserves , A'iew it in a philosophical light , and consider it in all the various shapes in Avhich it AAill appear to a thinking mind , we shall find a wonderful scheme , or rather system of happiness , arising from this astonishing work of the Divine Wisdom . When we behold the perpetual flux and reflux of
human affairs , and the good and ill which is hei ghtened and allayed by this distinction : When Ave behold little wants supplied by greater , and see various distresses , misfortunes , and losses , relieved and lessened by numberless little circumstances and acts of humanity , which are every moment going forward someAvhere or other , we shall find abundant reason to admire that wisdom -which hath made so great a
difference in the judgment , opinions , and taste of mankind . ' Thus , for instance , the man who builds a house , or lays out a garden , to his own fancy , finds , in his successor , a total alteration of what he had contrived ; and that person the same difference of taste in the next that comes after him ; - and thus by a succession of wants , merely imaginaiy , the man whose family was ready to perish , is set to AA'ork and maintained , not by necessity , but by difference of opinion only in his employers . <
The difference we see so very remarkable in the shape , voice , and features , of every individual , is no less wonderfully contrived
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The "Freemasons' Magazine: And Cabinet Of Universal Literature, For March 1796.
Mrs . Caslon was the daughter and only child of Mr . Cartlitch * , an eminent refiner in Foster Lane , Cheapside , and was born May 31 , 1 730 ; so that at her death she was in the 66 th year of her age . The urbanity of her manners , arid he diligence and activity in the conduct of so extensive a concern , attached to her interest all who had dealings AA'ith her : and the steadiness of her friendship rendered her death highly lamented by all who had the happiness of being in the extensive circle of her acquaintance .
The Happiness Of Life Attributed To The Varieties Of Human Sentiments And Opinions.
THE HAPPINESS OF LIFE ATTRIBUTED TO THE VARIETIES OF HUMAN SENTIMENTS AND OPINIONS .
FOR THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE .
T HAVE often thought it no inconsiderable display of the wisdom - '' -and power of our great Creator , that he has made so manifest a distinction between every individual of the human species : That amongst so many millions of his creatures there are not two persons to be produced who perfectly resemble each other in any thing—I meanAvho shew exactly the same featuresspeak in the same tone
, , , think in the same manner , or write exactly the same hand . If we give this subject the attention' it deserves , A'iew it in a philosophical light , and consider it in all the various shapes in Avhich it AAill appear to a thinking mind , we shall find a wonderful scheme , or rather system of happiness , arising from this astonishing work of the Divine Wisdom . When we behold the perpetual flux and reflux of
human affairs , and the good and ill which is hei ghtened and allayed by this distinction : When Ave behold little wants supplied by greater , and see various distresses , misfortunes , and losses , relieved and lessened by numberless little circumstances and acts of humanity , which are every moment going forward someAvhere or other , we shall find abundant reason to admire that wisdom -which hath made so great a
difference in the judgment , opinions , and taste of mankind . ' Thus , for instance , the man who builds a house , or lays out a garden , to his own fancy , finds , in his successor , a total alteration of what he had contrived ; and that person the same difference of taste in the next that comes after him ; - and thus by a succession of wants , merely imaginaiy , the man whose family was ready to perish , is set to AA'ork and maintained , not by necessity , but by difference of opinion only in his employers . <
The difference we see so very remarkable in the shape , voice , and features , of every individual , is no less wonderfully contrived