BOOK II PART III
attainment of the end, or the discovery of that
truth we examine. Upon this head I shall
make a general remark, which may be useful
on many occasions, viz, that where the mind
pursues any end with passion; though that pas-
sion be not derived originally from the end, but
merely from the action and pursuit; yet by the
natural course of the affections, we acquire a
concern for the end itself, and are uneasy un-
der any disappointment we meet with in the
pursuit of it. This proceeds from the relation
and parallel direction of the passions above-
mentioned.
To illustrate all this by a similar instance, I
shall observe, that there cannot be two passions
more nearly resembling each other, than those
of hunting and philosophy, whatever dispro-
portion may at first sight appear betwixt them.