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the- Snapdragons ; but'that I pereeive he hes imbrued himself in VoivAieux , as he would fain do in the very main-sprih gf oil of his betters , ' till he is compelled to measure his length stfpiti £ beneath yonder bench , with his eyes staring stultified , and his mouth open with a half-uttered curse , that has stuck / like the crossing out of his la&t claim to humanity ! Surely it cannot be requisite that a
third Samson should come among you , When the second has already shown the principles of clock-work action ; or that another humane philosopher , like Dr , Shetland ,, should rise up to set you * ift order ?* Who has so good a claim to the consideration of the tiftie ^ as the clocks that work incessantly to illustrate the progress of hoirt ^ chiming , and striking , secundum artem , and playing tunes , ancf ^ MTiitating all sorts of tongues of birds , and puppets , besides givinfes sometimes a very curious scenic action of men
knocking down bullocks , soldiers walking on sentry , and kings and queens eating cake , at a slice a minute ? Even if clocks were not useful , they would be entitled to great care and praise , for the sake of the industrious example they display to all the world ! Rust is the bane of clocks and men . Set them once going fairly , and keep them in proper order , and they are invaluable . Rust is occasioned by atmospheric action upon an inactive body , and soon renders it incapable of action . Without friction a body will rust ; but excess of friction without oil , occasions fire . Pour forth then
your oil , oh ye of little faith and charity ! pour forth your oil in sufficient quantities upon your clocks , and in due season ; and continue to do the same so long as they and you hold together , or they must inevitably talk beyond measure , play no tunes , strike at random , tumble about your insane ears , and never get back into their serviceable places , or work any more to please you !'
Note . —It is not without some regret , which should also be accompanied with some apology , that we confess ourselves not to be in possession of any more of the original MS ., either of the Comments hy the jurisprudential philanthropist , or of the additional matter of * Nutcracker . " How far the readers of the 'Repository , ' so many of whom have instituted inquiries concerning the latent meaning of the said * high German'
Fantasy , may he satisfied with the commentator ' s elucidation of the * first form of the first class , ' is more than we can venture to conjecture . But what senbible impression the other forms of the firct class —and finally , all the forms of all the classes—would produce , irho can conjecture ! We once had the presumption ourselves , to contemplate an apocryphal completion of the above Extract , as also of the Comments ; but a serious review of the innumerable difficulties , dilemmas , intricacies , and doubts , made us bow and retire from the endless task . The onlv excuse
we rrove to offer , for even thinking of such a thing , was the persevering exhortation of an erudite friend , who informed us that he had indistinctly seen the form of a divine old man , with grey hair , upon whom the light from a painted , window streamed down in quiet splendour of repose , * Myself J . B . aliai Dr . Smallhorw , evidently pointed at ; herein done Home degree of justice tp Jeremy . Bentham .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1835, page 340, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2645/page/48/
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