"The learned and ingenious Brown, in his Procedure of the Understanding, observes that 'common sense and Reason, to them who will use them in a plain Way, make it evident that we have no immediate or direct Idea or Perception of Sprit, or any of its Operations, as we have of Body and its Qualities.--That the Mind (or Soul) is at first a mere Tabula Rasa, and that the Maxim of the Logicians is to be taken for a sure and fundamental Truth, Nihil est in Intellectu quod non fuit prius in Sensu.'"
The beauties of nature, displayed in a sentimental ramble through her luxuriant fields; with a retrospective view of her, ... To which is added, a choice collection of thoughts: concluded with poems on various occasions. By W. Jackson