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The question what are
the shares of uniformity and variety
in the phenomena of the universe
is a question about which there has
never been agitated in any
public dispute that has attracted
general attention. The consequence is
that everybody in a semi-unconscious
way forms his own opinion about
it, usually a pretty vague opinion;
and he has the impression that all
his neighbours think as he does
about it. But on questioning people
closely, it will be found that there
are no less than five different