Date: 1728
A peevish, pettish temper "disarms the Heart of its natural Integrity; it induces us to throw away our true Armour, our natural Courage, and cowardly to commit our selves to the vain Protection of others, while we neglect our own Defence"
preview | full record— Hutcheson, Francis (1694-1746)
Date: 1745
"Truth is an amiable and delightful Object to the Eye of the Mind, but it is not easily apprehended by the Bulk of Mankind; especially if it be remote from common Observation, or abstracted from sensible Experience."
preview | full record— Fordyce, David (bap. 1711, d. 1751)