know. He takes an Infant at the Inſant of his Birth; he traces, Step by Step, the Progreſs of his Underſtanding; examines what Things he has in common with Beaſts, and what he poſſeſſes above them. Above all he conſults himſelf; the being conſcious that he himſelf thinks.
I shall leave, ſays he, to thoſe who know more of this Matter than my ſelf, the examining whether the Soul exiſts before or after the Organization of our Bodies. But I confeſs that 'tis my Lot to be animated with one of thoſe heavy Souls which do not think always; and I am even ſo unhappy as not to conceive, that 'tis more neceſſary the Soul ſhould think perpetually, than that Bodies ſhou'd be for ever in Motion.
With regard to my ſelf, I ſhall boaſt that I have the Honour to be as ſtupid in this Particular as Mr. Locke. No one ſhall ever make me believe, that I think always; and I am as little inclin'd as he cou'd be, to fancy that ſome Weeks after I was conceiv'd, I was a very learned Soul; knowing at that
