If Men would be content to graft upon Nature, and assist her Operations, what mighty Effects might we expect?
Tully
would not stand so much alone in Oratory,
Virgil
in Poetry, or
Cæsar
in War. To build upon Nature, is laying the Foundation upon a Rock; every thing disposes its self into Order as it were of Course, and the whole Work is half done as soon as undertaken.
Cicero's
Genius inclined him to Oratory,
Virgil's