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Date: May 10, 1704
"And I think the reason is easy to be assigned: for there is a peculiar string in the harmony of human understanding which, in several individuals, is exactly of the same tuning. Thus, if you can dexterously screw up to its right key and then strike gently upon it, whenever you have the good fort...
preview | full record— Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)
Date: 1710, 1734
There are ideas in the mind of God, "which are so many marks or notes that direct him how to produce sensations in our minds" just as a musician uses notes to produce a tune.
preview | full record— Berkeley, George (1685-1753)