436 INDUCTION. 



might be predicted, provided we had the requisite 

 data, that is, the requisite knowledge of the circum- 

 stances which, in the particular instance, preceded it. 



To ascertain, therefore, what are the laws of cau- 

 sation which exist in nature ; to determine the effects 

 of every cause, and the causes of all effects, is the 

 main business of Induction; and to point out how 

 this is done is the chief object of Inductive Logic. 



