A Fat Kitchin, A Lean Will.

Man Is A Tool-making Animal

Truth And Sincerity Have A Certain Distinguishing Native Lustre About Them Which Cannot Be Perfectly Counterfeited; They Are Like Fire And Flame, That Cannot Be Painted.

Indeed The General Natural Tendency Of Reading Good History, Must Be, To Fix In The Minds Of Youth Deep Impressions Of The Beauty And Usefulness Of Virtue Of All Kinds, Publick Spirit, Fortitude.

That As We Enjoy Great Advantages From The Inventions Of Others, We Should Be Glad Of An Opportunity To Serve Others By Any Invention Of Ours, And This We Should Do Freely And Generously.

I Should Have No Objection To Go Over The Same Life From Its Beginning To The End: Requesting Only The Advantage Authors Have, Of Correcting In A Second Edition The Faults Of The First.