Excerpt from An Abridgment of Mr. Locke's Essay Concerning Human UnderstandingHow flrort foever their knowledge may or me of an univerfal, or perfeci oomprelrenfion of whatfoever is, it yet feoures their great concernmems, that they have light enough to lead them to the knowledge of their Maker, and the fight of their own dutt'et. Men may find matter futiicient to bul'y their heads, and employ their hands with variety, delight, and fatii fafttorr; if they vrill not boldly quarrel with their own conflitution, and throw away the blelfings their hands are filled with, becaufe they are not big enough to grafp every thing. We fhall not have much rea fon to complain of the narrownefs of our minds, if we will but employ them about what may be of ufe to us for of that they are very capable: And it will be an unpardonable, as well as childifh peevilhnefs.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.