Dr. Johnson's Table-Talk

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Excerpt from Dr. Johnson's Table-Talk: Containing Aphorism on Literature, Life, and Manners, With Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons, Selected and Arranged From Mr. Boswell's Life of JohnsonHe thus defined the difference between phgfi'cal and moral truth Phyfical truth is, w en you tell a thing as it aélually is. Moral truth is, when you tell a thing fineerely and prceifely as it appears to you. I fay fuch a one walked acrofs the fireet, if he really did (0, I told a phyfical truth. If I thought (0, though I {hould have been mi¿aken, I told 'a moral truth.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.