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this_o faculty_n will_v serve_v one_o turn_v and_o answer_v all_o the_o end_n of_o it_o very_o well_o chap._n xvi_o of_o imagination_n and_o opinion_n the_o power_n of_o imagination_n be_v exceed_o great_a this_o be_v in_o effect_n the_o very_a thing_n imagination_n the_o effect_n of_o imagination_n that_o make_v all_o the_o noise_n in_o the_o world_n almost_o all_o the_o clutter_n and_o disturbance_n we_o feel_v or_o make_v be_v owe_v to_o it_o according_o it_o be_v observe_v before_o that_o this_o be_v if_o not_o the_o only_a yet_o at_o least_o the_o most_o active_a and_o bustle_a faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o in_o good_a truth_n the_o effect_n of_o it_o be_v wonderful_a unaccountable_a and_o almost_o incredible_a for_o the_o influence_n of_o imagination_n be_v not_o confine_v to_o the_o body_n or_o the_o mind_n of_o that_o person_n alone_o where_o it_o be_v bear_v and_o cherish_v but_o extend_v and_o transfuse_v themselves_o far_o and_o wide_a and_o act_v very_o strong_o upon_o 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as_o if_o wisdom_n consist_v in_o rudeness_n and_o act_v in_o desiance_n of_o ceremony_n for_o some_o allowance_n must_v be_v make_v to_o the_o way_n of_o the_o world_n and_o all_o the_o outward_a conformity_n we_o can_v show_v be_v sit_v to_o be_v pay_v to_o the_o manner_n of_o it_o provide_v always_o that_o this_o compliance_n do_v not_o thwart_v other_o more_o weighty_a consideration_n for_o thus_o much_o i_o must_v needs_o insist_v upon_o that_o my_o scholar_n never_o bind_v himself_o without_o reserve_n nor_o be_v so_o absolute_o devote_v to_o these_o sort_n of_o respect_n but_o that_o when_o he_o shall_v sin_v it_o necessary_a in_o point_n of_o duty_n or_o otherwise_o shall_v see_v fit_a he_o may_v have_v the_o courage_n to_o dispense_v with_o and_o show_v that_o he_o can_v despise_v these_o little_a nicety_n and_o this_o i_o will_v have_v do_v with_o so_o visible_a a_o prudence_n and_o gallantry_n of_o soul_n that_o all_o the_o world_n may_v be_v satisfy_v it_o be_v not_o 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chap._n ix_o modest_a and_o oblige_a behaviour_n in_o conversation_n this_o particular_a be_v proper_o reducible_a to_o the_o topick_n of_o justice_n a_o branch_n of_o that_o virtue_n which_o instruct_v we_o how_o to_o live_v and_o converse_v with_o all_o mankind_n and_o to_o render_v to_o every_o man_n what_o by_o any_o sort_n of_o right_n become_v his_o due_n and_o the_o proper_a place_n for_o treat_v of_o this_o will_v be_v in_o the_o follow_a book_n where_o the_o different_a rule_n and_o particular_a direction_n will_v be_v lay_v down_o suitable_a to_o particular_a person_n and_o occasion_n at_o present_v you_o must_v expect_v only_o general_a advice_n that_o be_v agreeable_a to_o the_o scheme_n at_o first_o propose_v and_o such_o as_o the_o design_n and_o matter_n of_o this_o second_o part_n of_o my_o treatise_n be_v consign_v to_o now_o this_o be_v a_o subject_a which_o offer_v itself_o to_o we_o under_o a_o twofold_a consideration_n and_o consequent_o this_o chapter_n which_o 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will_v be_v sure_a to_o stand_v its_o ground_n distress_n and_o pain_n be_v so_o far_o from_o make_v it_o flinch_v that_o they_o feed_v and_o cherish_v and_o exalt_v it_o it_o live_v it_o grow_v it_o triumph_v by_o they_o there_o be_v certain_o great_a firmness_n of_o mind_n express_v in_o bear_v and_o make_v a_o advantage_n of_o one_o chain_n than_o in_o break_v it_o to_o piece_n because_o it_o keep_v we_o confine_v and_o tie_v we_o fast_o to_o some_o uneasiness_n and_o all_o considerate_a man_n must_v allow_v that_o regulus_n show_v infinite_o more_o gallantry_n than_o cato_n 57_o cato_n rebus_fw-la in_o adversis_fw-la facile_fw-la est_fw-la contemnere_fw-la vitam_fw-la fortiter_fw-la ille_fw-la facit_fw-la qui_fw-fr miser_n esse_fw-la potest_fw-la martial_a lib._n xi_o ep._n 57_o the_o base_a when_o wretched_a dare_v to_o die_v but_o he_o be_v brave_a indeed_o who_o dare_v to_o live_v in_o misery_n 3._o misery_n si_fw-mi fractus_fw-la illabatur_fw-la orbis_fw-la impavidum_fw-la 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