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Wisdom And Folly.
WISDOM AND FOLLY .
A ViSKiN . ¦ No . V . [ CONTINUED FI . OM Otlll LAST . ]
' TR . UT let us leave such mothers , and other Fools and FOOL-MAKERS , ¦* - " and visit the country of Wisdom . We shall probably have occasion to renew our acquaintance with Folly in company with some of the Wise , who now and then visit herStultan Majesty . * So saying , my Guide took me in his arms , and soaring with great rapidity , reached the highest pinnacle of Mount Wisdomfrom whence
, there was a prospect of the territories of Wisdom , herself , and all the countries which I have beiore mentioned . ' I j . hall introduce you to the most eminent inhabitants , and even call up the dead for your satisfaction . ' ' What is this building of an amazing hei g ht , whose top is as high as the pinnacle of Wisdom ? ' ' Thar is the Temple of Genius . It
consists , as you may observe , of an immense number of stories ; but high as it is , its foundation is laid in the upper parts of Mount Wisdom . It consists , as you may see , of three divisions : —these are called Poetry , History , Philosophy : —divisions dilfeiing more in the gates , vestibules , furniture , and decorations , than in the figures and dimensions of the apartments ; more in the humours , dispositions , and habits , than' abilities of the frequenters . When a native of Wisdom has been drinking deep of the wines of Fancy , he resorts to one of the apartments of Poetry : after eating heartily of the food of Knowledge ,
he betakes himself to those of History and Philosophy . But the one will not do without the other : the wine soon intoxicates the strongest native of Wisdom , unless he has partaken sufficiently of the food of Knowledge . A large quantity of the food , however exquisite , nourishing , and stiengthening , will make him inanimate , unless mixed with Fancy ' s inspiring draughts . ' On examining the divisions of the Temple , I found that there were
passages connecting one with the other ; that those between History and Philoso phy were more easily perceived and regular than those between either and Poetry : but on farther examination , i discovered that the latter were equally numerous and pervious . Every apartment of History had a corresponding apartment in Philosophy , joined b-. steps , called the Stairs oj ' jnductiun Tiie passages
between both and Poetry were called the Galleries of Imitation . There were other entrances to some apartments of Poetn ; but those from History and Philosophy , through Imitation , were the ones to which the WISE chiefly resorted . From the lower parts of each of the three divisions , doors opened into lanes , communicating v , ith the misty dens which descend into the land of Folly . History and Phi-( psoph y consisted each of two corresponding ranges of rooms , called
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Wisdom And Folly.
WISDOM AND FOLLY .
A ViSKiN . ¦ No . V . [ CONTINUED FI . OM Otlll LAST . ]
' TR . UT let us leave such mothers , and other Fools and FOOL-MAKERS , ¦* - " and visit the country of Wisdom . We shall probably have occasion to renew our acquaintance with Folly in company with some of the Wise , who now and then visit herStultan Majesty . * So saying , my Guide took me in his arms , and soaring with great rapidity , reached the highest pinnacle of Mount Wisdomfrom whence
, there was a prospect of the territories of Wisdom , herself , and all the countries which I have beiore mentioned . ' I j . hall introduce you to the most eminent inhabitants , and even call up the dead for your satisfaction . ' ' What is this building of an amazing hei g ht , whose top is as high as the pinnacle of Wisdom ? ' ' Thar is the Temple of Genius . It
consists , as you may observe , of an immense number of stories ; but high as it is , its foundation is laid in the upper parts of Mount Wisdom . It consists , as you may see , of three divisions : —these are called Poetry , History , Philosophy : —divisions dilfeiing more in the gates , vestibules , furniture , and decorations , than in the figures and dimensions of the apartments ; more in the humours , dispositions , and habits , than' abilities of the frequenters . When a native of Wisdom has been drinking deep of the wines of Fancy , he resorts to one of the apartments of Poetry : after eating heartily of the food of Knowledge ,
he betakes himself to those of History and Philosophy . But the one will not do without the other : the wine soon intoxicates the strongest native of Wisdom , unless he has partaken sufficiently of the food of Knowledge . A large quantity of the food , however exquisite , nourishing , and stiengthening , will make him inanimate , unless mixed with Fancy ' s inspiring draughts . ' On examining the divisions of the Temple , I found that there were
passages connecting one with the other ; that those between History and Philoso phy were more easily perceived and regular than those between either and Poetry : but on farther examination , i discovered that the latter were equally numerous and pervious . Every apartment of History had a corresponding apartment in Philosophy , joined b-. steps , called the Stairs oj ' jnductiun Tiie passages
between both and Poetry were called the Galleries of Imitation . There were other entrances to some apartments of Poetn ; but those from History and Philosophy , through Imitation , were the ones to which the WISE chiefly resorted . From the lower parts of each of the three divisions , doors opened into lanes , communicating v , ith the misty dens which descend into the land of Folly . History and Phi-( psoph y consisted each of two corresponding ranges of rooms , called