Date: 1741
"He now conjectured it was more of the dignity of the soul to perform several operations by her little ministers, the animal spirits, from whence it was natural to conclude that she resides in different parts according to different inclinations, sexes, ages, and professions."
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Date: 1741
Just as "the King never dies" so too is the "power of thinking, self-moving, and governing the whole machine, [...] communicated from every particle to its immediate successor; who as soon as he is gone, immediately takes upon him the government, which still preserves the unity of the whole system."
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Date: 1741
The self-moving principle is like that in the House of Commons determined by majority so that "so many unthinking members" may compose "one thinking system"
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Date: 1744
"but the French being a people in whom the love of glory is the predominant passion, were more than any other nation charmed with the greatness of that prince's soul."
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1744
"[W]e are here idle at present, but shall not long be so; and you will have occasions enough to prove your courage, and gratify that love of arms which, my brother informs me, is the predominant passion of your soul."
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