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<p>Overcome by the force of reason, he will now | <p>Overcome by the force of reason, he will now &<lb/> | ||
then <del>abandon</del><add>testify a disposition <del>for</del> </add> appear disposed for a moment to<lb/> | |||
then <del>abandon</del><add> | <add>retreat from the defence</add> abandon one where inconveniences shall be made <lb/> | ||
too <add>flagrant</add> manifest to be dissembled: but if that which <lb/> | |||
<add> | <del>it</del> is prepared to be substituted in the room of it, <lb/> | ||
turns out to preach upon some other Rule not <lb/> | |||
abandon one where | |||
too <add> | |||
<del>it</del> is prepared to be substituted in the room of | |||
drawn originally into question, he faces about in <lb/> | drawn originally into question, he faces about in <lb/> | ||
desperation; he <add><unclear>grasps chaos</unclear></add> hugs once more <add>to</add> his <unclear>discarded for</unclear> favorite <lb/> | |||
in a penitential agony for his precipitate <add>treacherous</add> <lb/> | |||
dereliction, & <add>vows that</add> from that moment neither reason <lb/> | |||
nor ........ shall tear it from his bosom.</p> | |||
<note>as if the return of<lb/> | |||
Chaos were to be the <lb/> | |||
consequence of its <lb/> | |||
dispossession. | |||
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<note>As Logicians <lb/> | |||
with Aristotle <lb/> | |||
debating some proposition <lb/> | |||
of his, <lb/> | |||
but making others <lb/> | |||
decisive</note><lb/><pb/> | |||
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OBSTACLES Prejuges Lawyers
He has
Are subjects of comparison wanting, his mind is vacant?
do they abound? & it is distracted & overwhelmed.
are they reduced ?
His stock of sentiment intelligence is like the Materia
subtiles of Des Cartes, separated by thecollision of
from the his rudimental solidscubes: no cubes? no Materie
subtilis: no cases,2 no intelligencesjudgement concerning any
question that might be proposed.
Having suffered reason, the great candle of the Lord, which
is within him, to be almost extinguished for want
of testimony, he has no lights but what are struck
out by the collision of jarring cases.
There is no glimmering
so [faint &] distant, by
he will take it for
his all-sufficientonly guide.
Are MaximsRules of position Law complained against
as inexpediant?unreasonable he has nothing to try them by but
one another [His Jury is taken He takes his Jury out of the Newgate
Calendar.
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Overcome by the force of reason, he will now &
then abandontestify a disposition for appear disposed for a moment to
retreat from the defence abandon one where inconveniences shall be made
too flagrant manifest to be dissembled: but if that which
it is prepared to be substituted in the room of it,
turns out to preach upon some other Rule not
drawn originally into question, he faces about in
desperation; he grasps chaos hugs once more to his discarded for favorite
in a penitential agony for his precipitate treacherous
dereliction, & vows that from that moment neither reason
nor ........ shall tear it from his bosom.
as if the return of
Chaos were to be the
consequence of its
dispossession.
As Logicians
with Aristotle
debating some proposition
of his,
but making others
decisive
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