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<p | <p>we have got them all <unclear>[</unclear>and that none of them | ||
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may escape us . This is what any man is | may escape us. This is what any man is | ||
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entitled to <del>say to</del> <add>demand of</add> those makers or interpreters | entitled to <del>say to</del> <add>demand of</add> those makers or interpreters | ||
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to be if divine yet unrevealed immutable | to be if divine yet unrevealed immutable | ||
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and eternal laws . But to perform it | and eternal laws. But to perform it | ||
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<del>only this</del> will be found if it is not seen | <del>only this</del> will be found if it is not seen | ||
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already to be palpably impossible . For what | already to be palpably impossible. For what | ||
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in short does the number of them depend | in short does the number of them depend | ||
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upon ? It depends upon two things : upon | upon? It depends upon two things: upon | ||
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the local nature and accidental idiom of the | the local nature and accidental idiom of the | ||
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language : and upon the manner in which | language: and upon the manner in which | ||
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that language is managed and <sic>employ'd</sic> . | that language is managed and <sic>employ'd</sic>. | ||
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In one <add>the</add> language <add>of one nation</add> you shall <sic>hav</sic> more of these | In one <add>the</add> language <add>of one nation</add> you shall <sic>hav</sic> more of these | ||
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universal laws ; in <add>that of</add> another , fewer : in the same | universal laws; in <add>that of</add> another, fewer: in the same | ||
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language , one man shall be able to make | language, one man shall be able to make | ||
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more of them ; another , fewer : and unless he | more of them; another, fewer: and unless he | ||
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were to try for it , a man would perhaps make | were to try for it, a man would perhaps make | ||
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none at all . If a man wants to know how | none at all. If a man wants to know how | ||
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many laws of this stamp there are in a | many laws of this stamp there are in a | ||
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given language , and in a system <add>body</add> of laws <add>drawn</add> | given language, and in a system <add>body</add> of laws <add>drawn</add> | ||
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we have got them all [and that none of them
may escape us. This is what any man is
entitled to say to demand of those makers or interpreters
or professors or whatever else they pretend
to be if divine yet unrevealed immutable
and eternal laws. But to perform it
only this will be found if it is not seen
already to be palpably impossible. For what
in short does the number of them depend
upon? It depends upon two things: upon
the local nature and accidental idiom of the
language: and upon the manner in which
that language is managed and employ'd.
In one the language of one nation you shall hav more of these
universal laws; in that of another, fewer: in the same
language, one man shall be able to make
more of them; another, fewer: and unless he
were to try for it, a man would perhaps make
none at all. If a man wants to know how
many laws of this stamp there are in a
given language, and in a system body of laws drawn
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