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                                                                      	And so in some sort, all the fine arts may be said to be
                                                                      produced by that to which they are addressed;  the Senses
                                                                      affections and intelligence guarding the hand:  resolution
                                                                      and imagination.
                                                                      Now then, having the Human being divided into two halves
                                                                      the active and receptive and each of these halves includ-
                                                                      ing the three elements of his Maker, Body soul and spirit
                                                                      we may refer the arts to either half of him we choose;
                                                                      and class them according to the nobleness of that by
                                                                      which they are produced, and of that by which they are
                                                                      received.
                                                                      Now the conclusion will in some cases be correspondent
                                                                      in others; an art will stand high on one side  low on
                                                                      the other;  Cookery for instance:  I believe it requires
                                                                      mearly as much intelligence to be a good cook;  as to be
                                                                      a good politician;  and that both invention and obser-
                                                                      vation must be possessed in a high degree in order to
                                                                      succeed;  But as addressed to the senses only, the
                                                                      art stands low on the other side of the scale;  a. insert
                                                                      from below page 201 .   Now the fair way of ascertaining
                                                                      the true rank is therefore to find and express by figures
                                                                      the rank on both sides of ths s[a]cale:  and then multiply

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