"The mind naturally continues with the same impetus or force, which it has acquired by its motion; as a vessel, once impelled by the oars, carries on its course for some time, when the original impulse is suspended."
Of Eloquence [from Essays Moral and Political]
Hume, David. <U>Essays Moral, Political, and Literary</U>. Ed. Eugene F. Miller (Liberty Fund: Indianapolis, 1985).