"That the merited applause of mankind is highly valuable, and a great immediate incitement to act well, I certainly agree: and therefore to return to the image of the mind as a theatre, I would not have it close as an amphitheatre; but open to the inspection of the world."
The Hypochondriack, No. 7
<u>The Hypochondriack</u>, No. 7 (April, 1778). From <u>The London Magazine, or Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer</u>.<br>
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See also James Boswell, <u>The Hypochondriack</u>, ed. Margery Bailey, 2 vols. (Stanford UP, 1928)