INADVERT'ENCE

INADVERT'ENCY, noun [Latin in and advertens, adverto. See Advert.]

1. A not turning the mind to; inattention; negligence; heedlessness. Many mistakes and some misfortunes proceed from inadvertence

2. The effect of inattention; any oversight, mistake or fault which proceeds from negligence of thought.

The productions of a great genius, with many lapses and inadvertencies, are infinitely preferable to works of an inferior kind of author.