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had red or light brown hair ; all the rest had dark 

 hair.* 



Science. 



The sceptics profess to deny that we have any 

 such thing as science ; that is to say, a perception of 

 any thing so clear and certain, and founded on such 

 self-evident principles, as to produce absolute con- 

 viction. 



* According to Mr. Locke, folly consists in the drawing of 

 false conclusions from just principles, by which it is distinguished 

 from madness, which draws just conclusions from false principles ; 

 but this seems too confined and technical a definition. 



