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# Title: Wherein the chief Causes of Error and Difficulty in the Sciences, with the Grounds of Scepticism, Atheism, and Irreligion, are inquir'd into (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 52)
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5 106. But re Moud procced mari-
Iy in such ThIngS, FOr WC aEC aPE tO
lay too great a Screls on Analogies, and
tothe prejudice ot Truth, humour thac
Fagerness oF the Mind, Wherebr ic iS
Carricd co extend its Knolese inco gc
neral Thcoremes. For Example, In che
bulinels ot GTraritation, Or mutual ALEra-
ction, because it appears in maur In
Rances, Fome arc A
nouncins ic niversal; and thaL 10 A1-
tract, and be Attracted by, every orber B0-
dy is an Fssential Oualirys, inberent in al
Bodies wharsoever. Whercas, ies evident
the Fix d Scars hare no such Tendency
corards cach other; and (0 tar iS thac
Grarication, trom being fissential to BO.
dics, thac, in some Instances a quite
contrarr Principle Ccems to Bew it selt:
ASin the Perpendicular GTrOWthOFPIaNES.
and the Flasticier ot the AIT. There iS
noching Necellarr or Fssential in thc
Case, but it depends incirelr on theWilI
Ot the Governins Spirit, Who caules cer-
cam Bodies to cleare cogether, or tend
torrards cach other, accordins to rari-
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