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 oon perceived thee Agitations of Mind in Jones, and was at no Los to dicover the Caue; for indeed he recognized it in her own Breat. And this Recognition is, I uppoe, that Sympathy which hath been o often noted in Lovers, and which will ufficiently account for her being o much quicker-ighted than her Father.

But, to ay the Truth, there is a more imple and plain Method of accounting for that prodigious Superiority of Penetration which we mut oberve in ome Men over the ret of the human Species, and one which will not only erve in the Cae of Lovers, but of all others. For whence is it that the Knave is generally o quick-ighted to thoe Symptoms and Operations of Knavery which often dupe an honet Man of a much better Undertanding? There urely is no general Sympathy among Knaves, nor have they, like Free Maons, any common Sign of Communication. In reality, it is only becaue they have the ame thing in their Heads, and their Thoughts are turned the ame Way. Thus, that Sophia aw, and that Wetern did not ee the plain Symptoms of Love in Jones can be no Wonder, when we conider that the Idea of Love never entered into the Head of the Father, whereas