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wMcli operations wiH be tjie employment of a greater portion of the labour of the commtfftity in building than formerly , and a smaller portioi * in other p ursuits ; and all these , with a number of other occurrences ,, are masked under the parase of one trade drawing capital from another . « It is the same throughout tlie whole science of political economy . The rise and fall of prides , the fluctuations in exchange , the vicissitudes of supply and demand , the return of excessive issues of paper on the bankers , the disappearance of specie , the depreciation of the currency , and Various other
events * are to be traced to certain determinate causes acting with * regularity on the wills of bodies pf men : aft these phrases are in fact expressions of the results of voluntary actions . Streh circumstances furnish as striking instances of perfect , vaticination with regard to the determinations of the wili as any that can b $ produced from physical science , APolitical economy is in a great measure aa inquiry into the operation of motives , and proceeds ea the prin ciple thai Ae volitions of mankind are under the influence of precise and ascertainable causes . " —P . 242 . ; , ,
We hateTCiow arrived at the most impditarit part of thfe Essay ;;; #£ jhe pd $ t to ^ tiieh # ie author ' s reasoniags tend . The author woul ^^ conduct hi $ readers to the ; rejection of miracles . To this long-contested subjetet he ckea not advert in plain terms ; but that to overthrow * the testimony on whichrtheii credibility rests is his aim , cannot but be a ^ deafly uhde ^ fefb ^ I by hisrea < ters > as he intends it should be : and We suppose th ^ ¥ he r ^ a ^ ft . wkj ? he ^ is im more ^ Kplieit isi , that be is aware tha ^ thfe s ^ ft&t § dltfilia to th ^
^ esrisofss fri ^ twls of Christianity , wh 6 may well be tif ^ tt plfT | # llliP | toslrgdrai ^ tts wlffcb , hdwever frequently reftrted , are still j ^ g ^ T k ^^^ ^ fonjy novelty which we can observe in the chapter before WJs tlie omission ' biwell- ^ 0 rn terms . The arguments are well-woirn ; and ' fait , t , herefi ^ e , jfeirjth ^ ^ j ?»^ s taterp € Snt of the m and reply will be tedious to those who are ^ kUari W ^ bk the sufcgect . B * it silence would be irieict « 5 ea 1 ) ie . We ptoceffl t % gi ^ a close analysis of this chapter . ' 1 <> wru \
The only kind of vaticination orforesight which We caW conceive , itfiSes from the assumption of the uniformity of causation . Th& sa ^ aS ^ u r ^ ptio ft atF ( Wrds the only me ^ ns by which w £ can interpriet ffi ^ p&t * ' ^ 0 iM ^^^ m&tokWyfem thtfr prrdceedittg . inferring causes from their ^ c ^ : * $£ mktL ^ ^ rfWfti ^ aJf S des ^ tef s ^ d 3 ilaptdated building , - wlM ^ . ^ ij fflarT ^ & "^^^ s 0 ^^ t ^ wb ' os ^ apartmwts are overspread % y ^ ationjme ipjgr tb ^ hi ^ maa beingshave erected and inhabited if * 4 ndJ foraaken it atcno ^ ec ^ t ^ im ^ ' ..: ' ^ V ^ . reject tbe supposition , that it feU frdmthe clotick ^ ^ pr ^ ng up- froDO -the ground . This is an instance' of fefhysical e ^ idett ( fe . ^ B « t
human testimony is a much more important source 6 f inf 6 tmation r ^ spectiri ^ fpasbfeveii ^' . ' ' y > - ¦ ' \ . \ - --r i i \ - v * % ar ; i . \ Qn \ $ pi y tWm&m ^ ptWeed&ftom m ^ a of trieditite ^ i ^ ^ mcitiv ^ ^ y 6 u ^ Wt 6 Yer ^ ity ; we bd Wirt ^ ^ tt # i # < # « ^ ( W I ( $ HaI ^ iFS ^ ^ Wv- ^ ^ ^ v 4 » * ^ » 3 te ^ JfSS ^ ^ ftit ^ W ^ t * P I ^ W ^ WIirVTO' ^^^ Nfe ^ **^ i «( Mhrffc t » u i iobn-¦ ' j sV-jTOWw ^^ ^* ^ te * i ^ iwaftlpW ^(! itt-tlpeflflBe ofo l « slimo ^ aiid > df fmW ^^ wmf ^ yaf ^ pcfetilia ^ t ^ wMefe & 6 &fffk M&r ^ m , th&ktt ^ nofctoj ^ mtUfih TSi ^ fbqih which ^ itiifc ptir ttfefe ^ itofep th % > c * u ^ btk # *\ e&Wm < J Iffl , Mb t ^{ fWonV m ^ 4 ^ ttfe ^» of lh ^ ^^ ertiosn <^ facts ; and tMMVtir ^ Mth <^ h *> f ^ ittsmA <^ &m ' t& ^ tne tiattrre of the tacfef tends to invalidate it . The mind may be exactly m
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Essays on the Pursuit of Truth . 635
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1829, page 635, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2576/page/35/
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