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(c Induction be no Demonftration of general Con- 
“ clufions 5 yet it is the beft Way of arguing which 
“ the Nature of Things admits of, and may be 
“ look'd upon as fo much the ftronger, by how 
<c much the Induction is more general. By this 
“~Way of Analylis we may proceed from Corn- 
te pounds to Ingredients, and from Motions to the 
“ Forces producing them 5 and, in general, from 
“ Effects to their Caufes, and from particular Caufcs 
cc to more general ones, till the Argument ends in 
“ the moft general/' I am defirous, that what is 
contain'd in thefe Papers, you will be pleafed to re- 
gard rather as the rude Outlines of a Syftem, than 
as a Syftem itfelf ; which, I am in Hopes, Men of 
better Heads and more Leifure will profecute : And 
if hereafter, from being poffefled of more Obferva- 
tions than we at prefent are Matters of, any Opi- 
nions in thefe Papers fhall be found erroneous, I at 
all times fhall be willing readily to retract them. I 
rely upon your wonted! Candour, and am. 
Qtt. 20 
1746. 
With the great eft Truth, 
Gentlemen , 
Tour moft devoted 
and mofl humble Servant , 
W. Watfon, 
FINIS. 
The Croonean Lectures. 
