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    The < &ft £ fgjteK $ f E % lkaer is wprksd owut with % precppn , fflr $ < t fii ^ i . trttt ^ tri 4 y adnjjr ^ bie . Th § trag ic '' eyggt ' ^ fj ^ gji ftjra |» titie fifyi ei ; interest of tHe story obliges him to wpte a narrative of bis life , by extracting from which a feysr of tie leading points v $ e may $ uocep 4 * giving some idea of the vjrhple , noyyr ever incompletely . Some of the general observaiipq § at ihe commencement of this narrative contain deep truth ; such , for

    mstenc § , as the following ; the force of which may be lost in consequence of an ambiguity in its expression : — " How vaju it is to analyse motive ! Each man has the same motives ; but , it is the materials of each mind—the plastic or rocky nature , \ hp mild o $ t&p binning temperament , that rejects the alien iiif&ieuce , or receive ^ it into its own essence , 3 , nd causes the act . Such an impulse if *

    as a summer healthy breeze , just dimpling a still lake r to one ; while to pother it is the whirlwind that rouses him to spread ruin around / - — tpl . ii . p . 162 . The outward aims , the universal objects of desire , which are her $ meant by the word motives , are indeed everywhere the same ,

    thpygb in their combination with local circumstance they tak e diversities * of fprm ; but in their action upon inward nature , wlucji is infinitely varied , they assume such different degrees of power that it is vain to analyse them as principles of action . Yejt it is the common practice of the world to consider tHem atone in its estimate of vice and virtue . Here is another fine

    parSis ^ ge : — " Many are the checks afforded us . Some are possessed by f&Mp-Qtji (» r ^ " (\ y § appreci ^ t ( p the nice but most important distinction of $ ie two , classy ) " are endowed with a sensibility so prpphetic of tKe evil th ^ J nma % ensue , that perforce they cannot act the thing they desire ; ' tliey the i being the

    tremble ^ t ^ ea of cause of events , over whosp future course they can have no control ; they fear injuring others . —&nditcar own remorse . "—Ibid . Tl ^ ese few lines describe an order of ch aracter less apptfeci ^ ted than perhaps any other : —one in which extreme sensibility may give the appearance of apathy , and strength of sympathy look like weakness of purpose ; while want of

    selfishnpss may be mistaken for impotence of will . The will is overcome by the feelings , and action stands suspended , because instinctive forebodings have already sunk appalled over the result * Such natures are sensitive rather than impassioned , and formed to feel rather than to act . They enjoy very rarely , because at pffeser ^ t selfishness predominates in the worl d , and they cannot { maintain their ground against it ; nevertheless , thejf are' $ rmed io enjoy , though not U ) the highest <) egree . They are pecifliarl y fitted to confer happiness on certain natures ^ ijtld ar ^ i > l sp Very liable to c ^ use ex treme suffering , when beauty ati 4 attractive qualities give them the power t 6 inspire

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 1, 1837, page 229, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1830/page/39/