"But Malvezzi tell us, it is, for that Nature in Providence drives away the Evil from it self, and thriftily reserves that which is Good; and for this Reason it is, says he, that those who have the Plague are desirous to come into Company, that they may give it to others; and by the same Reason, those who have ill Qualities in them, will be sure to work and apply their Vices, like Rust, into the nearest and purest Mind."
Miscellaneous Essays
<u>Miscellaneous Essays</u> (London: Printed for Jonas Browne, 1715). &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004895801.0001.000">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;