599. It is remarkable that when any object arises, as when anything happens in the other life, they then at once suppose that they know what it is, and talk as if they knew it; they say that it is this or that, and describe it as if they knew all about it, one after the other, and each differently. Thus they are those who hold various opinions about the things which happen and which move any of their senses, and they at once persuade themselves that it is so. Many have spoken in succession about one and the same object with persuasion. They also love to lead me when I am writing. 1748, Jan. 30.