It is more active than anything which we see in nature."-- Lucretius, iii.

183.] and therefore, if we would make one continued thing of all this succession of passions, we deceive ourselves.

When Timoleon laments the murder he had committed upon so mature and generous deliberation, he does not lament the liberty restored to his country, he does not lament the tyrant; but he laments his brother: one part of his duty is performed; let us give him leave to perform the other..