﻿RESEARCH 
  DEFENDED, 
  

  

  plan 
  or 
  of 
  design, 
  in 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  Creation, 
  

   are 
  the 
  mere 
  product 
  of 
  special 
  u 
  , 
  infirmities 
  " 
  

   of 
  the 
  human 
  intellect. 
  In 
  opposition 
  to 
  

   these 
  attempts 
  — 
  come 
  from 
  what 
  quarter 
  they 
  

   may 
  — 
  to 
  limit 
  arbitrarily 
  the 
  boundaries 
  of 
  

   knowledge, 
  let 
  us 
  maintain 
  the 
  principle 
  that 
  

   we 
  never 
  can 
  certainly 
  know 
  what 
  is 
  

   " 
  inaccessible 
  to 
  reason" 
  until 
  the 
  way. 
  of 
  

   access 
  has 
  been 
  tried. 
  In 
  the 
  highest 
  

   interests 
  of 
  truth, 
  we 
  must 
  resist 
  any 
  and 
  

   every 
  interdict 
  against 
  research. 
  The 
  strong 
  

   presumption 
  is 
  that 
  every 
  philosophy 
  which 
  

   assumes 
  to 
  issue 
  such 
  an 
  interdict, 
  must 
  have 
  

   reason 
  to 
  fear 
  inquiry. 
  

  

  On 
  these 
  principles 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  affirmed 
  

   generally 
  that 
  all 
  subjects 
  are 
  legitimate 
  sub- 
  

   jects 
  of 
  reasoning 
  in 
  proportion 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  

  

  