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Thoughts On Quacks Of All Denominations.
Angel Raphael , who is superior in dignity to Gabriel , and insist that they must believe in him alone , he would be impaled alive . Quacks should know how to time their impostures . Was there not somewhat . of deceit in Socrates ,, with his familiar Demon , and the precise declaration of the Oracle , which proclaimed him the wisest of men ? It is ridiculous in Rollin to insistin his
his-^ tory , on the sincerity of this Oracle . Why does he not inform his readersj that it was purely a piece of Quackery ? Socrates was . unfortunate as to the time of his appearance . An hundred years sooner he might have governed Athens . The leaders of philosophical sects have all of them been tinctured with Quackery . But the greatest of all Quacks are those who have
aspired to power . How formidable a Quack was Cromwell 1 Pie appeared precisely at the time when he could have succeeded . Under Mzab . eth he would have been hanged ; under Charles II . he would have been an object of ridicule . He came at a period when the English were disgusted with Kings , and his Son at a time when they Were disgusted by Protector ' s .
Reflections On The Unequal Distribution Of Talents To Mankind.
REFLECTIONS ON THE UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF TALENTS TO MANKIND .
PROVIDENCE is admirable in the distribution it makes of its gifts . There are few but are born with some talent , or some advantage to distinguish them ; there is no one also in another point of viewthat comprehends in himself all that is commonly the object of our admiration and of our desires . Yet is every thingif may seemso *
, , well counterbalanced in this respect , that if the reciprocal exchange of our personal qualities , and the advantages we are possessed ofj was possible , each of us would certainly think twice , before he Would truck , as it were , his whole existence for that of another , how perfect soever he might otherwise appear . If this notion should appear at first sight a paradox , let us again re «
fleet on it , and probably we shall be convinced of its truth . Those who , dazzled by the splendor of a throne , would consent to this exchange , have not seen with a philosophic eye the cares it is environed with . Some that have merely food and raiment , or a moderate competency , do not envy the ostentation and wealth of Kings ; and some , as influenced by certain passions , may annex so much
happiness to the obejets of their desire , that , to be possessed of them , or to be able to produce them , would be an infinite accumulation of contentment . Just so , the critic Scaliger , struck with admiration at the beauty of two odes of Horace , would rather be the Author of them than Emperor of Germany , VOL , V , ' 3 F
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Thoughts On Quacks Of All Denominations.
Angel Raphael , who is superior in dignity to Gabriel , and insist that they must believe in him alone , he would be impaled alive . Quacks should know how to time their impostures . Was there not somewhat . of deceit in Socrates ,, with his familiar Demon , and the precise declaration of the Oracle , which proclaimed him the wisest of men ? It is ridiculous in Rollin to insistin his
his-^ tory , on the sincerity of this Oracle . Why does he not inform his readersj that it was purely a piece of Quackery ? Socrates was . unfortunate as to the time of his appearance . An hundred years sooner he might have governed Athens . The leaders of philosophical sects have all of them been tinctured with Quackery . But the greatest of all Quacks are those who have
aspired to power . How formidable a Quack was Cromwell 1 Pie appeared precisely at the time when he could have succeeded . Under Mzab . eth he would have been hanged ; under Charles II . he would have been an object of ridicule . He came at a period when the English were disgusted with Kings , and his Son at a time when they Were disgusted by Protector ' s .
Reflections On The Unequal Distribution Of Talents To Mankind.
REFLECTIONS ON THE UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF TALENTS TO MANKIND .
PROVIDENCE is admirable in the distribution it makes of its gifts . There are few but are born with some talent , or some advantage to distinguish them ; there is no one also in another point of viewthat comprehends in himself all that is commonly the object of our admiration and of our desires . Yet is every thingif may seemso *
, , well counterbalanced in this respect , that if the reciprocal exchange of our personal qualities , and the advantages we are possessed ofj was possible , each of us would certainly think twice , before he Would truck , as it were , his whole existence for that of another , how perfect soever he might otherwise appear . If this notion should appear at first sight a paradox , let us again re «
fleet on it , and probably we shall be convinced of its truth . Those who , dazzled by the splendor of a throne , would consent to this exchange , have not seen with a philosophic eye the cares it is environed with . Some that have merely food and raiment , or a moderate competency , do not envy the ostentation and wealth of Kings ; and some , as influenced by certain passions , may annex so much
happiness to the obejets of their desire , that , to be possessed of them , or to be able to produce them , would be an infinite accumulation of contentment . Just so , the critic Scaliger , struck with admiration at the beauty of two odes of Horace , would rather be the Author of them than Emperor of Germany , VOL , V , ' 3 F