"Yet all Persons are under some Obligation to improve their own Understanding, otherwise it will be a barren Desart, or a Forest overgrown grown with Weeds and Brambles."
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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