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 different minds are pretty evenly measured, one against another; but when all reach the knot, it is, perhaps, one only who instantly untwists it, and by this means gets some way ahead of his associates. Now, if there be something of natural tact in this sort of ready ability, there is also something which may be acquired, or which may be perfected by a proper discipline; and I think such a discipline may be laid down and exemplified in a practicable manner, and that it should occupy a prominent place in a complete education.