text,updated_at,metaphor,created_at,context,theme,reviewed_on,dictionary,comments,provenance,id,work_id "We seldome use our Liberty aright,
Nor Judge of Things by Universal Light;
Our Prepossessions and Affections bind
The Soul in Chains, and Lord it o're the Mind;
And if Self-Interest be but in the Case,
Our unexamin'd Principles may Pass.
Good Heavens! That Man shou'd thus himself deceive,
To Learn on Credit, and on Trust believe;
Better the Mind no Notions had retain'd,
But still a fair Unwritten Blank remain'd;
For now, who Truth from Falshood wou'd discern;
must first disrobe the Mind, and all Unlearn
:
Errors contracted in unmindful Youth
When once Remov'd, will smooth the Way to Truth;
To disposess the Child the Mortal Lives,
But Death approaches e're the Man Arrives.
(p. 8)",2011-07-18 18:47:20 UTC,"""Better the Mind no Notions had retain'd, / But still a fair Unwritten Blank remain'd; / For now, who Truth from Falshood wou'd discern; / must first disrobe the Mind, and all Unlearn.""",2011-07-18 18:47:20 UTC,"",Blank Slate,2011-07-18,Writing,INTEREST. USE IN ENTRY.,Reading,18908,4353