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The truth is, that, with respect to the
mysteries of the science, which he seems
to have known intuitively, he is some-
times intelligible, and sometimes other-
wise; but I have such an opinion of
Tartini's penetration and sagacity in his
musical enquiries, that when he is ob-
scure, I suppose it to be occasioned either
by his aiming too much at conciseness
in explaining himself, by the insuffici-
ency of common language to express un-
common ideas, or that he soars above the
reach of my conceptions; and in this
case I am ready to apply to him what
Socrates said to Euripides, upon being
asked by that poet how he liked the
writings of Heraclitus--" What I under-
" stand is excellent, which inclines me
" to believe that what I do not under-
" stand is excellent likewise."
He is succeeded in the church of St.
Antonio by his scholar, Signor Guglietto
Trombo, a young man of merit.
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