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hypotheses. In no branch of knowledge will the first 

 principles resist a logical examination. As Schopenhauer 

 says : The foundation on which all our knowledge and science 

 rest is the inexplicable. To this all explanations lead, be 

 the intermediate stages few or many ; as in ocean soundings, 

 the lead must always touch the bottom at last in deep seas 

 and shallows alike. 5 



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