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gnox at Jul 26, 2018 03:55 PM

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proof by showing how few were the guesses
that men of surpassing genius had to
make before they rightly guessed the
laws of nature.

When we pass from considering the
most general laws to more special
ones,— say for example the laws of
electricity,— the direct light of nature becomes
dimmed; but then it is here replaced,
in great measure, by analogies as to
general characteristics of other laws
already known.

Finally, we have to consider quite special
hypotheses, such as the hypotheses which
we make about ancient history. My time

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