"A surprising Phænomenon of nature is this, that the soul of man, which ranges abroad though the heavens, and the earth, and the deep waters, and unfolds a thousand mysteries of nature, which penetrates the systems of stars and suns, worlds upon worlds, should be so unhappy a stranger at home, and not be able to tell what it self is, or what it is made of."
XLIII. Ignorance of Ourselves [from Reliquiae Juveniles. Miscellaneous Thoughts, in Prose and Verse, on Natural, Moral, and Divine Subjects]
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Text from <u>Reliquiae Juveniles: Miscellaneous Thoughts in Prose and Verse</u>, New edition, Corrected (London: J. Buckland and T. Longman, 1789), 119-20. &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=l9ECAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt; (Compare 155-6 in 1734 edition.)