The Perfect Joys Of Heaven Do Not

His Hypothesis Goes To This - To Make The Common Run Of His Readers Fancy They Can Do All That Can Be Done By Genius, And To Make The Man Of Genius Believe He Can Only Do What Is To Be Done By Mechanical Rules And Systematic Industry. This Is Not A Very Feasible Scheme; Nor Is Sir Joshua Sufficiently Clear And Explicit In His Reasoning In Support Of It.

Man Is A Poetical Animal, And Delights In Fiction.

From The Height From Which The Great Look Down On The World All The Rest Of Mankind Seem Equal.

The Perfect Joys Of Heaven Do Not Satisfy The Cravings Of Nature.

Those Only Deserve A Monument Who Do Not Need One; That Is, Who Have Raised Themselves A Monument In The Minds And Memories Of Men.