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Lust appears to be the most natural companion of wild ambition; and love of human praise, of that dominion erected by cunning.

"Genius decays as judgment increases." Of course, those who have the least genius, have the earliest appearance of wisdom.

A knowledge of the fine arts, is seldom subservient to the promotion of either religion or virtue. Elegance is often indecency; witness our prints.

There does not appear to be any evil in the world, but what is necessary. The doctrine of rewards and punishments, not considered as a means of re- formation