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fol. 32r [fol. 31v, NG letter] 'Truth not easily Discerned' ' (Pt II, Sn I, Ch II) (3.140-41)
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Chap II.
I have just said that is [sic] possible for every man , by care & attention
to form a just judgment of the accuracy of artists in representing truth .
To do this - no peculiar powers of mind - ^ {are required} - no sympathy with
particular
5 feelings , nothing which every man of ordinary intellect does not {in} <or
may not, if he chooses> {some degree} . possess . But on the other hand . let none
suppose
that this privilege and power of judgment can be obtained without
careful and prolonged cultivation of those <powers> {faculties} which all possess - in
a more equal degree than is commonly supposed - ^ {faculties} dependent for all<*.*>
their
10 effectual results on the exercise & employment by which alone they
can be developed . Let none think they can discover truth by
instinct , nor that their minds are of such Venice glass - as to {be} jarred by
all treachery - Some truths are {indeed} broad and glaring - evident to all eyes.
{but} other{s} <truths> are latent and {un}obtrusive - and others lie in such fine
15 matter .that the most delicate sense has rather a <feeling th[?]> conception
than {a} perception of them . and <yet> <it is ten to one but> the hidden
truths are <the> {almost always} most important - and reward <in value what they
demand in search> most the <f[?]>labour they require in search - <but>
God has made it almost a law of his creation - that man shall have
20 nothing worthy of <his> possession without labouring for it - and <yet> {how then
can} people
think that one of the greatest of his privileges - the perception of truth, is
{to be} granted him without care or pains on his part. They do not think
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