474
First think, and if thy thoughts approve thy will,
Then speak, and after, what thou speak’st fulfil.
Randolph.
475
It cannot but be injurious to the human mind never to be called into effort: the habit of receiving pleasure without any exertion of thought, by the mere excitement of curiosity, and sensibility, may be justly ranked among the worst effects of habitual novel-reading.
Coleridge.