"The same Apology of the Length of Years in composing this Book may serve also to excuse a Repetition of the same Sentiments which may happen to be found in different Places without the Author's Design; but in other Pages it was intended, so that those Rules for the Conduct of the Understanding which are most necessary, should be set in several Lights, that they might with more Frequency and more Force impress the Soul."
The Improvement of the Mind
32 entries in ESTC (1741, 1743, 1753, 1754, 1761, 1768, 1773, 1782, 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1798, 1799, 1800).<br>
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Most text drawn from Google Books. See <u>The Improvement of the Mind: or, a Supplement to the Art of Logick: Containing a Variety of Remarks and Rules for the Attainment and Communication of Useful Knowledge, in Religion, in the Sciences, and in Common Life. By I. Watts, D.D.</u> (London: Printed for James Brackstone, at the Globe in Cornhill, 1741). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T82959">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=LMwAAAAAcAAJ">Link to 2nd edition in Google Books</a>&gt;<br>
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