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final_o all_o their_o different_a way_n and_o scope_n of_o life_n put_v very_o considerable_a difference_n in_o their_o idea_n occasion_n they_o to_o fall_v into_o innumerable_a error_n which_o we_o shall_v explain_v in_o the_o follow_a discourse_n which_o be_v the_o reason_n of_o my_o lord_n bacon_n speak_v this_o most_o judicious_a sentence_n omnes_fw-la perceptiones_fw-la tam_fw-la sensûs_fw-la quam_fw-la mentis_fw-la sunt_fw-la ex_fw-la analogiâ_fw-la hominis_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la analogiâ_fw-la universi_fw-la estque_fw-la intellectus_fw-la humanus_fw-la instar_fw-la speculi_fw-la inaequalis_fw-la ad_fw-la radios_fw-la rerum_fw-la qui_fw-la svam_fw-la naturam_fw-la naturae_fw-la rerum_fw-la immiscet_fw-la eamque_fw-la distorquet_fw-la &_o inficit_fw-la chap._n iii_o of_o the_o mutual_a connection_n between_o the_o idea_n and_o the_o trace_n of_o the_o brain_n and_o of_o the_o mutual_a connection_n there_o be_v between_o trace_n and_o trace_n idea_n and_o idea_n among_o the_o 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great_a and_o solid_a truth_n which_o they_o have_v render_v familiar_a and_o which_o bear_v they_o up_o and_o strengthen_v they_o in_o all_o occasion_n chap._n ix_o of_o love_n and_o aversion_n and_o their_o principal_a species_n love_n and_o hatred_n be_v the_o passion_n that_o immediate_o succeed_v admiration_n for_o we_o dwell_v not_o long_o upon_o the_o consideration_n of_o a_o object_n without_o discover_v the_o relation_n it_o have_v to_o we_o or_o to_o something_o we_o love_v the_o object_n we_o love_v and_o to_o which_o consequent_o we_o be_v unite_v by_o that_o passion_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n present_v as_o well_o as_o that_o which_o we_o actual_o admire_v our_o mind_n quick_o and_o without_o any_o considerable_a reflection_n make_v the_o necessary_a comparison_n to_o find_v out_o the_o relation_n they_o have_v to_o each_o other_o and_o to_o we_o or_o else_o be_v natural_o aware_a of_o they_o by_o a_o prevent_a sense_n of_o pleasure_n and_o pain_n then_o it_o be_v 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