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 the one hand of detroying certain Hypothees, if on the other we cannot give them the Degree of Certainty which Facts mut be allowed to poes; on its being the Buines of Hitory, when two Facts are propoed, as real, to be connected by a Chain of intermediate Facts which are either unknown or conidered as uch, to furnih uch Facts as may actually connect them; and the Buines of Philoophy, when Hitory is ilent, to point out imilar Facts which may anwer the ame Purpoe; in fine on the Privilege of Similitude, in regard to Events, to reduce Facts to a much maller Number of different Claes than is generally imagined. It uffices me to offer thee Objects to the Conideration of my Judges; it uffices me to have conducted my Enquiry in uch a Manner as to ave common Readers the Trouble of conidering them.