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Article ON FORTITUDE. ← Page 4 of 4 Article TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Page 1 of 2 →
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On Fortitude.
should algo be . cautious that we do not run into another extreme , and give way to such a degree of diffidence as may hinder us from exerting ourselves , or give the name of diffidence to real indolence . The consciousness of our own weakness should , indeed , induce us to seek a more powerful assistance , but our endeavours are necessary in order to obtain itand neither the presumptuous nor t ' . re indolent
, have any right to hope for it . Let us , then , exert ourselves on every occasion , and never give way in the smallest instance if we mean to be stead } ' - in the greatest Let us endettvourto impress upon our minds the importance of the objects we have in view — the favour of GOD , and our own eternal happiness ; we shall then have a motive for action continually before ussufficient
, to support us in the greatest difficulties , to arm us against the severest shocks of affliction , ancl enable us to endure the longest course of sufferings to which human life is liable . ' - — ¦ " ¦ '" . ' 'I l li ' . ^ .. l . " . ' - — : r- ^~
To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Magazine.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE .
ON THE SYMPATHY BETWEEN THE BREECHES-POCKET AND THE ANIMAL SPIRITS '
SIR , fTT ^ HE following important discovery is recommended to the J [_ literatim general , but more particularly to the College of Physicians ; as it may be of the greatest consequence to them in their future practice . You must know , then , that a wonderful connection and sympathy has latel
y been observed between the breeches-pocket and the animal spirits , which continuall y rise or fall as the contents of the former ebb or flow ; insomuch that , from constant observation , I could venture to guess at a man ' s' current cash by the degree of vivacity he has discovered in his conversation . When this cutaneous -reservoir is . flush , the spirits too are elate : when that is sunk and drained , how
flat , dull , and insipid , is every word and action ! The ' very muscles and features of the face are influenced b y this obscure fund of life and vigour . The heart proves to be only the inert receptacle Of the blood , and those grosser spirits which serve for the animakfunction t ) ut the pocket is fraught with those finer and more sublime spirits which constitute the witand other distinguishing characters
, many . I cart tell how a poet ' s finances stand by the very subject of'his miise : gloomy elegies , biting satires , grave spliloquys , and dull translations , are certain indications of the res angusta ; as pindaric odes and pointed epigrams , intimate a fresh recruit .- —So a ' grave politician ; who frequented a noted coffee-house , when these pocket-
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On Fortitude.
should algo be . cautious that we do not run into another extreme , and give way to such a degree of diffidence as may hinder us from exerting ourselves , or give the name of diffidence to real indolence . The consciousness of our own weakness should , indeed , induce us to seek a more powerful assistance , but our endeavours are necessary in order to obtain itand neither the presumptuous nor t ' . re indolent
, have any right to hope for it . Let us , then , exert ourselves on every occasion , and never give way in the smallest instance if we mean to be stead } ' - in the greatest Let us endettvourto impress upon our minds the importance of the objects we have in view — the favour of GOD , and our own eternal happiness ; we shall then have a motive for action continually before ussufficient
, to support us in the greatest difficulties , to arm us against the severest shocks of affliction , ancl enable us to endure the longest course of sufferings to which human life is liable . ' - — ¦ " ¦ '" . ' 'I l li ' . ^ .. l . " . ' - — : r- ^~
To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Magazine.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE .
ON THE SYMPATHY BETWEEN THE BREECHES-POCKET AND THE ANIMAL SPIRITS '
SIR , fTT ^ HE following important discovery is recommended to the J [_ literatim general , but more particularly to the College of Physicians ; as it may be of the greatest consequence to them in their future practice . You must know , then , that a wonderful connection and sympathy has latel
y been observed between the breeches-pocket and the animal spirits , which continuall y rise or fall as the contents of the former ebb or flow ; insomuch that , from constant observation , I could venture to guess at a man ' s' current cash by the degree of vivacity he has discovered in his conversation . When this cutaneous -reservoir is . flush , the spirits too are elate : when that is sunk and drained , how
flat , dull , and insipid , is every word and action ! The ' very muscles and features of the face are influenced b y this obscure fund of life and vigour . The heart proves to be only the inert receptacle Of the blood , and those grosser spirits which serve for the animakfunction t ) ut the pocket is fraught with those finer and more sublime spirits which constitute the witand other distinguishing characters
, many . I cart tell how a poet ' s finances stand by the very subject of'his miise : gloomy elegies , biting satires , grave spliloquys , and dull translations , are certain indications of the res angusta ; as pindaric odes and pointed epigrams , intimate a fresh recruit .- —So a ' grave politician ; who frequented a noted coffee-house , when these pocket-