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EN Our English contemporary'was not, I think, naturally less amiable than Leibnitz: and therefore I ascribe it to his unfortunate plan of study, leaving him of necessity too often with no subjects for intellectual exertion, but such as cannot be pursued successfully, unless in a state of genial spirits, -- that we find him continually in ill humor, distempered and untuned with uncharitable feelings; directing too harsh and acrimonious a spirit of criticism always against the age in which he lives, sometimes even against individuals (...).
GL O noso contemporáneo inglés non era, penso, naturalmente menos amable que Leibnitz; e en consecuencia adscribo ó seu desafortunado plano de estudios --que o deixaba, de necesidade, demasiado a cotío sen temas para o exercicio intelectual excepto os que non se poden proseguir con éxito, salvo nun estado de espírito xenial-- que o atopemos sempre de mal humor, destemperado, e en desharmonía con sentimentos faltos de caridade; dirixindo un espírito de crítica demasiado áspero e cáustico contra a época na que vive, ás veces mesmo contra individuos (...).
Fonte: LET (71)

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