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LXVI.

Some minds have a tendency to abandon uni

versality.

LXVII.

(3 L)

The cause seems to be mental indolence, or nonconception of the possibility of extension.

LXVIII.

(3 M)

Man is tenacious in retaining his opinion.

LXIX.

(3 N)

Tenacity of retention originates in reluctance to be deprived of our intellectual or worldly pos

sessions.

(30)

Errors from Passions opposing Love of Truth.

LXX.

If man is under the influence of any passion more powerful than the love of truth, he swerves from the truth.

(3 P)

LXXI.

The mind is warped by a love of simplicity.

LXXII.

The mind is warped by a love of uniformity.

LXXIII.

(3 R)

The mind is warped by a love of arrangement.

LXXIV.

(3 S)

The mind is warped by a love of analogy.

LXXV.

(3 T)

Particular defects are, inability at particular times to acquire knowledge, or inability to acquire particular sorts of knowledge.

Temporary Defects.

LXXVI.

(3 U)

Our ability to acquire knowledge varies at different times, and good times ought to be encou

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Do not think at hours of meals, sleep, and

exercise.

(4 D)

LXXXV.

Intermit studies.

(4 E)

LXXXVI.

Do not attempt to redeem lost time. (4 E)

Enterruption.

LXXXVII.

Consider whether inability from interruption does not originate in want of interest in the sub

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Some minds contemplate nature better in detail. than in mass; some in mass than in detail.

XCI.

(4 I)

Some minds contemplate the resemblances,

some the differences of things.

(4 K)

XCII.

Observe differences in apparent resemblances.

XCIII.

(4 L)

Observe resemblances in apparent differences. (4 M)

XCIV.

The difference in ability to acquire particular sorts of knowledge, is caused either by original conformation or by the accidents of life. (4 N)

XCV.

The consequences of inability to acquire particular knowledge, are four: 1st. Attachment to particular studies; 2nd. Infecting studies with the favourite pursuit; 3rd. Rejecting different knowledge; 4th. Fixedness and wandering. (40)

Attachment to particular Studies.

XCVI.

Attachment to antiquity or novelty. (4 P)

XCVII.

Attachment to the pleasures of imagination or

reality.

(4 Q)

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