bering that she can only be understood by him whose mind can alike apprehend the parts and grasp the whole. But it is his duty also to recollect, that, by premature generalization, he may obstruct his own progress and that of his Science. To fill a blank is tempting: but a vacuity is often preferable to a blank badly filled. The imperfection is less sensible than the defect; while it is apt so to establish itself as to be with difficulty discarded.