The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volume 3R. Carter, 1841 |
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Page 38
... less true and important in themselves , nor less valuable to him ; although in this case both a metaphysical description of the process , and a logical estimate of the proof had been alike impossible . 17. Were these principles rightly ...
... less true and important in themselves , nor less valuable to him ; although in this case both a metaphysical description of the process , and a logical estimate of the proof had been alike impossible . 17. Were these principles rightly ...
Page 54
... less weakened . The recurrence of the same thing for the days of a week would diminish its apprehension of a disappointment or failure - and still more for the days of a month or the days of a year . Yet we are not sure , if any ...
... less weakened . The recurrence of the same thing for the days of a week would diminish its apprehension of a disappointment or failure - and still more for the days of a month or the days of a year . Yet we are not sure , if any ...
Page 62
... less sound , because of its imaginary data — and , if we can demonstrate a perfect analogy between these data and others which are real , between the arbitrary conditions which we find it convenient in the first instance to assume and ...
... less sound , because of its imaginary data — and , if we can demonstrate a perfect analogy between these data and others which are real , between the arbitrary conditions which we find it convenient in the first instance to assume and ...
Page 66
... less skill , gave forth their depositions with more or less accuracy . Let us compute the effect then which lies in the concurrence of two testimonies to the fact of an anomalous low - water -one given by a tide - index of yet unfailing ...
... less skill , gave forth their depositions with more or less accuracy . Let us compute the effect then which lies in the concurrence of two testimonies to the fact of an anomalous low - water -one given by a tide - index of yet unfailing ...
Page 68
... less than a million to one for any indifferent thing , or of a thousand to one for the anomalous deviation which is the subject of our argument . 21. On the subject of the amount of evidence that lies in the concurrence of two or more ...
... less than a million to one for any indifferent thing , or of a thousand to one for the anomalous deviation which is the subject of our argument . 21. On the subject of the amount of evidence that lies in the concurrence of two or more ...
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