it is placed in, and what is the proper end and purpose of its
being
.
The science of Human Nature is, like all other sciences, reduced to a
few clear points
: There are not
many certain truths
in this world. It is therefore in the Anatomy of the mind as in that of the Body; more good will accrue to mankind by attending to the large, open, and perceptible parts, than by studying too much such finer nerves and vessels, the conformations and uses of which will for ever escape our observation. The
disputes
are all upon these last, and, I will venture to say, they have less sharpened the