hewillpullthemafterhimiftheydonotvoluntarilyfollow。Ihaveobservedsometomakeexcuses，thattheycannotexpressthemselves，andpretendtohavetheirfanciesfullofagreatmanyveryfinethings，whichyet，forwantofeloquence，theycannotutter;’tisamereshift，andnothingelse。WillyouknowwhatIthinkofit？Ithinktheyarenothingbutshadowsofsomeimperfectimagesandconceptionsthattheyknownotwhattomakeofwithin，norconsequentlybringout;theydonotyetthemselvesunderstandwhattheywouldbeat，andifyoubutobservehowtheyhaggleandstammeruponthepointofparturition，youwillsoonconclude，thattheirlabourisnottodelivery，butaboutconception，andthattheyarebutlickingtheirformlessembryo。Formypart，Ihold，andSocratescommandsit，thatwhoeverhasinhismindasprightlyandclearimagination，hewillexpressitwellenoughinonekindoftongueoranother，and，ifhebedumb，bysigns——
\"Verbaquepraevisamremnoninvitasequentur;\"
[\"Onceathingisconceivedinthemind，thewordstoexpressitsoonpresentthemselves。\"（\"Thewordswillnotreluctantlyfollowthethingpreconceived。\"）——Horace，DeArtePoetica。v。311]
Andasanotheraspoeticallysaysinhisprose:
\"Quumresanimumoccupavere，verbsambiunt，\"