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... human belief . But if , on the other hand , such large and uniform experience of the past is irresistibly felt to warrant a conclusion as to the future , we should then confi- dently adopt that conclusion , though with a distinct ...
... human belief . But if , on the other hand , such large and uniform experience of the past is irresistibly felt to warrant a conclusion as to the future , we should then confi- dently adopt that conclusion , though with a distinct ...
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... human certainty , not as opposed to Providential design . And , as the first step towards narrow- ing its domain , we endeavour to form a correct estimate of its extent . Among all the applications of this calculus by far the most ...
... human certainty , not as opposed to Providential design . And , as the first step towards narrow- ing its domain , we endeavour to form a correct estimate of its extent . Among all the applications of this calculus by far the most ...
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... human testimony than to reason on contingencies in passing events ; but the difficulty exists only in making the estimation , not in the mode of calculating on it when made . Numerically speaking , a certain percentage of every man's ...
... human testimony than to reason on contingencies in passing events ; but the difficulty exists only in making the estimation , not in the mode of calculating on it when made . Numerically speaking , a certain percentage of every man's ...
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... human industry . These methods form a conspicuous feature of the general sub- ject , and have furnished scope for very extraordinary displays of mathematical talent and invention . That very large numbers will inevitably be concerned in ...
... human industry . These methods form a conspicuous feature of the general sub- ject , and have furnished scope for very extraordinary displays of mathematical talent and invention . That very large numbers will inevitably be concerned in ...
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... humanity will allow , and narrow the domain of chance , as well in practice as in know- ledge , is so thoroughly ... human cupidity : and its mission is aban- doned , and its functions pro tanto abdicated , if it retreat from the ...
... humanity will allow , and narrow the domain of chance , as well in practice as in know- ledge , is so thoroughly ... human cupidity : and its mission is aban- doned , and its functions pro tanto abdicated , if it retreat from the ...
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Side 352 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both!
Side 276 - Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
Side 327 - ... an inward prompting which now grew daily upon me, that by labour and in'tense study, (which I take to be my portion in this life,) joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die.
Side 90 - Stoop then, and wash. — How many ages hence, Shall this our lofty scene be acted over, In states unborn, and accents yet unknown ? Bru.
Side 332 - If an academy should be established for the cultivation of our style ; which I, who can never wish to see dependence multiplied, hope the spirit of English liberty will hinder or destroy, let them, instead of compiling grammars and dictionaries, endeavour, with all their influence, to stop the license of translators, whose idleness and ignorance, if it be suffered to proceed, will reduce us to babble a dialect of France.
Side 347 - This is a misery much to be lamented ; for though they were burning and shining lights in their times, yet they penetrated not into the whole counsel of God, but, were they now living, would be as willing to embrace further light as that which they first received.
Side 557 - To the inmost mind, There exercise all his fierce accidents, And on her purest spirits prey, As on entrails, joints, and limbs, With answerable pains, but more intense, Though void of corporal sense.