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fol. 39r    [fol. 38v is blank] 'Truth not easily Discerned'  (Pt II, Sn I, Ch II)  (3.143-44)
      
      
      
     Next to sensibility . <for the> which is necessary for the perception of facts
     come<s> {reflection & memory &} . as necessary for the retention ^ {of them} &
     recognition of their
     resemblances.          For a man may receive impression after impression - &
     that vividly and with delight and yet .  if he take no care to reason
 5   upon those impressions and trace them to their sources . he may
     remain totally ignorant of the facts that produced them , nay
     {may} <will> attribute them to facts that are totally foreign to them .  or <to> may <imaginations> coin causes for them that have . no existence atall [sic]  -
     <And hence - if on the one hand , quick sensations are necessary for the
10   discovery of facts - they are>    And the more sensibility and imagination
     a man possesses -  the more likely will he be to fall into error .  for
     then he will see whatever he expects . and admire and disapprove
     with his heart - and not with his eyes .          How many people are
     misled by what has been said and sung of the serenity of Italian
15   skies - <& so[?]> {<so as to> until they} imagine them {more} blue <er> than the
     skies of the north {& to think they see them so .}  .
     Whereas the sky of Italy is far more dull and grey than our own .
     though perfect & intense in its tone ;      And this is confirmed by
     Benvenuto Cellini -
     And what is more strange - when people see in a painting what
20   they ^ {thus} suppose to have been the source of their impressions . . . they will
     affirm it to be <like> truthful , though <no>they <im> feel no ^ {similar) impression
     resulting
     from it .   <u*.*>Thus.  though day after day - they may have been impressed
      

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