Epistle
to his kinsman, J. Driden, Esq., of Chesterton.
| [No. 117] | Saturday, July 14, 1711 | Addison |
... Ipsi sibi somnia fingunt.
Virg.
There are some Opinions in which a Man should stand Neuter, without engaging his Assent to one side or the other. Such a hovering Faith as this, which refuses to settle upon any Determination, is absolutely necessary to a Mind that is careful to avoid Errors and Prepossessions. When the Arguments press equally on both sides in Matters that are indifferent to us, the safest Method is to give up our selves to neither.