It is one thing to chase a horse; it is another thing
to catch it. Little consideration and less sagacity
are required to convince us of the truth of that fact.
The reader may perhaps venture to think this rather
a trifling fact. We are not so sure of that. In this
world of fancies, to have
any
fact incontestably proved
and established is a comfort, and whatever is a source
of comfort to mankind is worthy of notice. Surely our