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He seems in those essays to be defending the truth between 

 the two antagonist extremes which he foresaw. 



And, lastly, I will quote at length (and with it conclude this 

 Appendix) the famous prayer from the Preface to the Instau- 

 ration. The clearness of its language, its gravity and beauty, 

 and the striking manner in which he prays against the snares 

 to which the Physical student is liable, render it a singularly 

 interesting composition, one too which might well be com 

 mended to the notice of all those whose days are spent in the 

 discovery and arrangement of the truths of Nature. 



&quot; Quamobrem, quum \isec arbitrii nostri non sint, in principio 

 Operis, ad Dcum Patrcm, Deum Vcrbum, Dcum Spiritum 

 preces fundimus humillimas et ardcntissimas, ut humani generis 

 a3rumnarum memores, et peregrinationis istius vitae, in qua dies 

 paucos et malos terimus, novis suis Eleemosynis per inarms 

 nostras familiam humanam dotare digncntur. Atque illud in- 

 super supplices roganius, ne humana Divinis officiant ; neve ex 

 reseratione viarum sensus, et acccnsione majore luminis natu- 

 ralis, aliquid incredulitatis et noctis animis nostris erga Divina 

 mysteria oboriatur : sed potius, ut ab intellects puro ct phan- 

 tasiis et vanitate repurgato et Divinis Oraculis nihilominus 

 subdito et prorsus dedititio, fidci dentur, qua) fidci simt. 

 Postremo, ut, scientise veneno a Serpente infuso, quo animus 

 humanus tumet et inflatur, deposito, ncc altum sapiamus, nee 

 ultra sobrium. sed veritatem in caritate colamus.&quot; 



APPENDIX 1), 



ON INDUCTION ANCIENT AND MODERN, 



THE differences between Induction, as it was regarded by- 

 Aristotle, and as it is now applied, are usually stated as follows. 

 The Ancient was formal and syllogistic: the Modern is not 

 formal ; and is material, though it has Method, to a certain 

 extent. The Ancient professed to seek the knowledge of 

 Causes ; and practically was satisfied with very abstract gene- 



