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 of the Audience, which may be compar'd to the World: The Curtain itself may be compared to Ignorance, which hinders them from seeing what they desire to see, without some Trouble; for you see that a Man must either stoop to look thro' the the outermost Holes, or else lift up the Hole to the Height of his Eyes which he comes to. These Holes are like the Works of Aristotle and his Correctors, which we must turn over before we are allow'd to be Part of the learned World, or, to speak more generally, like the beaten Paths of Knowledge. Men that take all upon Trust, stoop down to peep thro' the Holes: Those are mere Drudges, fit for nothing else, but to carry the Burthen of another's Knowledge: Others somewhat superior to them, disdain to stoop, without Reason, to another's Sentiments, and by a Strength of Mind, raise the Hole to their own Height, yet are too cowardly to attempt uncommon Paths. The Rent near the Middle is the Effect of a Genius far above others, and plainly shews that Art had no hand in it. For it is torn, not cut, and has rendered the Veil above it capable of being rent in the same Manner, if Art does not interpose. To this the Celebrated of all Ages came; and it may be observ'd, that the Top of the Slit does not rise higher than the tallest Person's Head that comes to it. These are the Men that find Truth by uncommon Methods, and every one that approaches, it stretches, if not breaks a Thread or two: Others being plac'd in a Way where they might find one of those Holes, thro' a Stupid Carelesness, despise them all, and intend to look at the World thro' the Distance of the Threads in the first Part of the Curtain they come to. To this End they push the Curtain somewhat before them, and if they see any Thing at all, they see it very confusedly; and tho' they remove the Curtain a little forward,