Excerpt from An Indexed Synopsis of the "Grammar of Assent" Action OF life: those who did but poorly at school, when they come into the action of life, are some times suddenly found to have what is called an eye for some particular work, 76; such men form their views and give their decision, when new questions are opened, as if they had no need to reason; they are the reformers, systematizers, inventors; they sometimes fall into great errors, while second-rate men who go by rule come to sound and safe con elusions, 76 (vide real assent). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.