A Logic Of Facts

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? On what facts rest the measurement of the radii from our earth to the boundless circumference of space? How did he ascertain the lim

med general propositions from a limited observation. Though these propositions were assumed, they were a

and legitimate argument; but is it not a mockery to encourage the belief that we can have reason and argument, without the truth? Only this shallow consolation remains

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e conclusion be true, but whether it follows from the premises adduced.' It was the bitter experience of Bord

rrect, no logical skill can secure a correct result; it is evident that however faultless the form, the inquirer after truth is in no way nearer his object, unless he be instructed how to lay a foundation