LETTER III. ATTENTION. The Power of Attention in improving the Perceptions.-The Velocity of its Operation so great as to render it frequently imperceptible.-The Influence of the Passions upon Attention.-Illus trations by Example... .... 50 LETTER IV. Of the Faculty of Conception.-Its Nature and Use shown to be different from Memory,-from Imagination.-Its Operation necessary towards the Acquirement of clear and accurate Ideas.How to be improved in early Life in Children of opposite Tempers.-Observations 87 The Faculty of Conception possessed in different Degrees of Vigour.-How it may best be cultivated in those of slow Capacity,-Exemplified in a Variety of Instances.-Difference betwixt a Memory of Perception, and the Recollection of Latter.-Illustrated.... .. 113 LETTER VI. CONCEPTION. Lively Tempers particularly liable to Inaccuracy. 145 LETTER VII. JUDGMENT First begins to operate upon the Objects of Perception.-Necessity of exercising it upon sensible Objects.-Illustrations.-How it may at first be exercised on moral Propositions.-Party Prejudice inimical to its Cultivation.-Observations on this Head.-The Use of History..... 174 LETTER VIII. SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED ..... 206 Imagination defined.-Necessity of its Operations being guided by Judgment.-Illustrations.- Definition of Taste.-Mistakes concerning the Cultivation of this Faculty.-Union of Concep- LETTER XII. REFLECTION. Different Applications of the Term.-Sense in which it is at present used.-Advantages of Reflection.-Foundation of it to be laid in early Life. Inutility of Reflection, when not exercised under the Influence of religious Principle.-Illustrations.-Conclusion... 360 |