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that Circle to any Part of it are equal: if of a parabola,
the Rectangle formed of the Abseiss and the Paramiter is equal to the Square of the ordinate
The Decisions of Mathematics as applied to
Bodies actually existing are all hypothetical
depending for their Truth on the Decisions of external
Sense concerning Quantity & Figure.
The Decisions of Critical Jurisprudence as applied to
any legislative Institutions are in like Manner
hypothetical, depending for their Truth on the
Decisions of internal Sense concerning Pain &
pleasure.
As the Impression of these made by in a
Man's self made by the infinite Variety of Objects
is fleeting and variable; as his Recollection of them
when passed is hasty and incomplete; his Inferences
from Analogy of the Similarity in Kind and Degree
of those made by the same Objects in other men,
hazarded incomplete & of uncertain Verity; as the Causes assigned
to them from among those Objects are apt to be
erroneous; hence arises what will still be doubtful
or erroneous in Legislation, after these the only true
Standards shall be universally adopted, and universally adhered
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