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<p> have a different system from mine as to my conclusion<lb/>So much the better; you will examine my argument<lb/> the | <p> have a different system from mine as to my conclusion<lb/>So much the better; you will examine my argument<lb/> the more rigorously Which is just What I want.<lb/> If it swerves in the least from the Strictest Mathematical<lb/> Reasoning by necessary inference from principles that are <lb/> intuitively & necessarily true, then it must be arrant<lb/> Nonsense — If any of you can <sic>shew</sic> me any error in <lb/> the chain of reasoning I put it up for ever & <lb/> shall suppress the work, & shall think myself much <lb/> obliged to you for preventing me from exposing myself<lb/> by publishing nonsense — I make the same offer to <lb/> Priestly Who will be in very great Wrath at the <lb/> Essay & the Author of it" —</p> <p> I shall therefore unless you forbid me send it to you<lb/> in a day or two, and if you make any observations<lb/> on it shall transmit them to the Author, but at <lb/> any rate you must let me have it again in a week, <lb/> because I am instructed to send it to another person<lb/> before I leave town — </p> <p> I wish you joy of the Complete History of the <sic> Commm.</sic><lb/> In a late number of Mirabeau's letters to his Commettans, <lb/>Which Romilly has or will send you, are 6 principles<lb/> relating to the Manner of debating translated verbatim from <lb/> you without acknowledgement & without reasons, which <lb/> he says he may add hereafter — I believe it is <lb/> true that the Troops refused or were ready to refuse <lb/> <add> to</add> </p> | ||
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have a different system from mine as to my conclusion
So much the better; you will examine my argument
the more rigorously Which is just What I want.
If it swerves in the least from the Strictest Mathematical
Reasoning by necessary inference from principles that are
intuitively & necessarily true, then it must be arrant
Nonsense — If any of you can shew me any error in
the chain of reasoning I put it up for ever &
shall suppress the work, & shall think myself much
obliged to you for preventing me from exposing myself
by publishing nonsense — I make the same offer to
Priestly Who will be in very great Wrath at the
Essay & the Author of it" —
I shall therefore unless you forbid me send it to you
in a day or two, and if you make any observations
on it shall transmit them to the Author, but at
any rate you must let me have it again in a week,
because I am instructed to send it to another person
before I leave town —
I wish you joy of the Complete History of the Commm.
In a late number of Mirabeau's letters to his Commettans,
Which Romilly has or will send you, are 6 principles
relating to the Manner of debating translated verbatim from
you without acknowledgement & without reasons, which
he says he may add hereafter — I believe it is
true that the Troops refused or were ready to refuse
to
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George Wilson |
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