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The Dumpling-eaters Are A Race Sprung Partly From The Old Epicurean And Partly From The Peripatetic Sect; They Were First Brought Into Britain By Julius Caesar; And Finding It A Land Of Plenty, They Wisely Resolved Never To Go Home Again.

Mathematical Knowledge Adds A Manly Vigour To The Mind, Frees It From Prejudice, Credulity, And Superstition.

It Is Surprising To See What Superficial, Inconsequential Reasonings Satisfy The Most Part Of Mankind. A Piece Of Wit, A Jest, A Simile, Or A Quotation Of An Author, Passes For A Mighty Argument.... This Weakness And Effeminacy Of Mankind In Being Persuaded Where They Are Delighted, Have Made Them The Sport Of Orators, Poets, And Men Of Wit.

I Believe The Calculation Of The Quantity Of Probability Might Be Improved To A Very Useful And Pleasant Speculation, And Applied To A Great Many Events Which Are Accidental, Besides Those Of Games; Only These Cases Would Be Infinitely More Confused, As Depending On Chances Which The Most Part Of Men Are Ignorant Of.

Biography Is One Of The New Terrors Of Death.