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Excerpt from Illustrations of the Tragedies of Aeschylus and Sophocles, From the Greek, Latin, and English Poets: With an Introductory Essay
In justification of my design, I will begin by Oh serving, that if there is one faculty in our mental constitution to the exercise of which the most im portant results are attached, it is that of discovering resemblances, and consequently differences: on this partly depends the association Of thought; by this, man is imitative; and in virtue of this only is he a philosopher. The pleasure attendant on the exercise Of any faculty is almost always, as nearly as possible, in proportion to its utility; and hence the extreme delight which the mind experiences in forming com parisons, even without a View to the result. Though it would not be a very satisfactory one on which to depend, yet I would almost trust for success to this principle; or, in other words, claim no more for my book than the recommendation of amusement. There is, however, rarely a comparison without an in ference; and to those to whom it proves amusing, I cannot help trusting that it may prove something more.
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