Excerpt from The Triumph of Truth, Or, the Vindication of Divine Providence, Vol. 1 of 14: A Poem in Which Philosophy, Theology, and Description Are Combined in Fourteen Books But it would be merely vanity in the author to cherish the thought of pleasing all his readers. As the different parts of matter abound with variety, so the intellectual world contains various casts of mind every mind has a peculiar, native temperament; moves on its own level, and has a sphere and element of its own. Education, how ever, has a powerful influence in moulding and control ling the natural tendencies of the human passions. But, after all that can be done in the cultivation of different minds, there will remain some innocent, predominating inclinations, that will preserve individual identity. This accounts for the great diversity in the preferences and tastes of mankind respecting many things, and partien larly literary matters: each one is pleased with the subject, style, and composition that agrees with the ten deney of his own mind. Hence, some are only de lighted with prose, while others are captivated with poetry some are pleased with sentimental reading, others admire romance, and tragical stories of love and murder. Yet'all, who are susceptible of emotions of benevolence and compassion, feel the melting power of pathetic. Subjects, communicated either ih' verse or prose. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.