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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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