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  • When the soul applies itself to the performance of any action, or the conception of any object, to which it is not accustomed, there is a certain unpliableness in the faculties, and a difficulty of the spirit's moving in their new direction.

    A Treatise of Human Nature David Hume 1743

  • When the soul applies itself to the performance of any action, or the conception of any object, to which it is not accustomed, there is a certain unpliableness in the faculties, and a difficulty of the spirit’s moving in their new direction.

    A Treatise of Human Nature 1739

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