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Date: 1757
"This in the mean time is obvious, that the empire of all religious faith over the understanding is wavering and uncertain, subject to every variety of humour, and dependent on the present incidents, which strike the imagination."
preview | full record— Hume, David (1711-1776)
Date: w. April 18, 1776; 1777
"Even my love of literary fame, my ruling passion, never soured my temper, notwithstanding my frequent disappointments."
preview | full record— Hume, David (1711-1776)