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A Young Man Passes From Our Public Schools To The Universities, Ignorant Almost Of The Elements Of Every Branch Of Useful Knowledge.

Miracles May Be, For Anything We Know To The Contrary, Phenomena Of A Higher Order Of God's Laws, Superior To, And, Under Certain Conditions, Controlling The Inferior Order Known To Us As The Ordinary Laws Of Nature.

There Is Nothing In The Nature Of A Miracle That Should Render It Incredible:;: Its Credibility Depends Upon The Nature Of The Evidence By Which It Is Supported. An Event Of Extreme Probability Will Not Necessarily Command Our Belief Unless Upon A Sufficiency Of Proof; And So An Event Which We May Regard As Highly Improbable May Command Our Belief If It Is Sustained By Sufficient Evidence. So That The Credibility Or Incredibility Of An Event Does Not Rest Upon The Nature Of The Event Itself, But Depends Upon The Nature And Sufficiency Of The Proof Which Sustains It.

Perhaps The Most Important Principle On Which The Economy Of A Manufacture Depends, Is The Division Of Labour Amongst The Persons Who Perform The Work.

That A Country, [england], Eminently Distinguished For Its Mechanical And Manufacturing Ingenuity, Should Be Indifferent To The Progress Of Inquiries Which Form The Highest Departments Of That Knowledge On Whose More Elementary Truths Its Wealth And Rank Depend, Is A Fact Which Is Well Deserving The Attention Of Those Who Shall Inquire Into The Causes That Influence The Progress Of Nations.