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Date: Saturday, December 22, 1711
"The Use therefore of the Passions is to stir it up, and to put it upon Action, to awaken the Understanding, to enforce the Will, and to make the whole Man more vigorous and attentive in the Prosecutions of his Designs."
preview | full record— Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)