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Page 38
Experience can inform us only of the past . But the relation of and effect has
reference to future and invariable antecedence and sequence , of which no
experience can inform us . We believe it , indeed , irresistibly ; and the belief is
not denied ...
Experience can inform us only of the past . But the relation of and effect has
reference to future and invariable antecedence and sequence , of which no
experience can inform us . We believe it , indeed , irresistibly ; and the belief is
not denied ...
Page 39
The same experience , which informs us that the particles of inatter , by changing
their place , in certain combinations ... continue to possess the same properties :
but still it is experience which thus enables us to form a separate science of ...
The same experience , which informs us that the particles of inatter , by changing
their place , in certain combinations ... continue to possess the same properties :
but still it is experience which thus enables us to form a separate science of ...
Page 40
Experience , indeed , tells us , that it is in the former case only , not in the latter ,
that the change of tendency is produced : but still we must confess , that it is
experience alone , which gives us this information ; and that , if the change of
tendency ...
Experience , indeed , tells us , that it is in the former case only , not in the latter ,
that the change of tendency is produced : but still we must confess , that it is
experience alone , which gives us this information ; and that , if the change of
tendency ...
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