Chapter Xi. Is on Dispositions. a Man Is Said to Be of a Mischievous

disposition, when he is presumed to be apt to engage rather in actions of an apparently pernicious tendency, than in such as are apparently beneficial. The author lays down certain Rules for indicating Disposition. Thus, 'The strength of the temptation being given, the mischievousness of the disposition manifested by the enterprise, is as the apparent mischievousness of the act,' and others to a like effect.