Yet, while the motives for his special pleading were honourable, seeing the odious misrepresentations of Pantheism still prevalent in the Dutch scholar's native land,misrepresentations undissipated even by the splendour of Spinoza,his protest remains special pleading still.

This steady and undissipated attention to one object is a sure mark of a superior genius, as hurry, bustle, and agitation are the never-failing symptoms of a weak and frivolous mind.

(4) The power of applying your attention, steady and undissipated, to a single object, is a mark of strong will and superior mental disciplineweak-minds cannot do this.