The Method of the Scoliae 



predetermined point. A calculator in an ob- 

 servatory could not compute the position of 

 his planet with greater accuracy. An idea 

 may be taken as proved when it attains to 

 this mathematical forecast of the future, this 

 certain knowledge of the unknown. When 

 will the acclaimers of chance achieve a like 

 success? Order appeals to order; and 

 chance knows no laws. 



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