I have not made it my business either to quit or follow any authority in the enfuing difcourfe: Truth has been my only aim; and wherever that has appeared to lead, my thoughts have impartially followed, without minding whether the footsteps of any other lay that way, or not. Not that I want a due respect to other men's opinions; but, after all, the greatest reverence is due to Truth. Locke Hum. Und. B. 1. C. 4. § 23.

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Ariftot, Eth, Nicom. lib. i. cap. 8.

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