All "ideas follow each other in our minds in a regular and uniform succession, not unlike the tickings of a clock; and by that means all objects are presented to our imaginations in the same progressive manner: and if any vary much from that destined pace, by too rapid, or too slow a motion, they immediately become to us totally imperceptible."
Disquisitions on Several Subjects
Text from Soame Jenyns, <u>Disquisitions on Several Subjects</u> (London: Charles Baldwyn, 1822). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=HNgNAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;