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    ESSAYS ON THE AJtT OF THINKING. '

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    THE MONTHLY REPOSITORY AND REVIEW . NEW SERIES , No . XXXII .

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    " ¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦ i , " ' So much has been written and said on * the importance of habits of accurate thought , that scholars and wise men have had enough of the subject . But it is not for them that we write . It is possible that we may be aware of errors of judgment to which they are liable , and into which we apprehend

    they frequently fall . We may occasionally take notice of the perverted ingenuity of the acute theorist , ' or smile at the difficulties ' which the sceptic labours to accumulate , or wonder at the strange interpretations which the biblical critic puts upon motives arid actions , or sigh over the partial delusions to which the moral philosopher is himself subject . But our wonder and regret we kee $ to ourselves , and &refar from the thought of offering any observations worthy ; tQ " occupy intellects of . a rank so much higher than our

    own . They have Bacon , Newton , Locke , and a host of advisers besides : We take up the pen in the service of those who have never studied or are ; likely to study under these masters in the art of thinking . Of all the multitudes vrho have never been taught to think , or * who have learned the art but imperfectly , there tasty be some * who , labouring under a fellow-feeling of infirmity with ourselves , may turn to these , pages with a hope of assistance and

    consolation . To such we address ourselves ; and , taught by our own difficulties to appreciate theirs , we assure them that we feel deep compassion for that painful consciousness of deficient observation , perverted judgment , unchastened imagination , indolent attention , treacherous memory , and all intellectual faults and deficiencies whatever , which is a daily subject of regret and shame to a reflecting mind . We invite them to accompany us in a brief inquiry into some of the causes of these evils , , and the best modes of cure for

    ourselves , and of prevention for those over whose intellectual discipline we may Have any control . : • ¦ Every one allows that habits of accurate thought are of great importance ; but the philosophical observer alone is . aware of how much . Whether he looks back upon the history of the world , or watches the events which pass

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    AUGUST , 1829 .

    Essays On The Ajtt Of Thinking. '

    ESSAYS ON THE AJtT OF THINKING . '

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1829, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2575/page/1/