46

86

an induction hold true. Only, I will here
pause for an instant to drop a tear upon
the tomb of John Stuart Mill. Here was
a young man brought up in the strictest
sect of the Ockhamists, of whom his father
was the Grand Master in his day. That
which was dearest to the heart of
the Ockhamist was to deny the reality of
anything of the nature of Law in nature.
If we go back to Ockham himself and ask
ourselves what excuse he had for such a contention,
the answer is that it was because Duns Scotus, his
master, evoked too many of these general beings
without stopping to prove their reality. That
is true. The Scotist saw laws or generals on

86

an induction hold true. Only, I will here
pause for an instant to drop a tear upon
the tomb of John Stuart Mill. Here was
a young man brought up in the strictest
sect of the Ockhamists, of whom his father
was the Grand Master in his day. That
which was dearest to the heart of
the Ockhamist was to deny the reality of
anything of the nature of Law in nature.
If we go back to Ockham himself and ask
ourselves what excuse he had for such a contention,
the answer is that it was because Duns Scotus, his
master, evoked too many of these general beings
without stopping to prove their reality. That
is true. The Scotist saw laws or generals in