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inexhaustible future it certainly cannot
be justified in asserting that absolutely.
It can, however, assert this, subject to
such modification as further quasi-experimentation may make.

The distinction between probable deduction
and probable induction may be
illustrated as follows. Suppose
a bag of coffee to be presented to me.
I put my hand in the bag and draw out
a handful of beans, and on examination
of this handful, I find that one bean in
ten is a female berry and the rest male
berries. If I thence conclude that supposing
my handful is a fair representative of the