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Inductions.

A yet fourth theory of induction, that of Laplace, received, by implication, the assent of Mill; and since this theory is taught as correct in all the text-books of the Doctrine of Chances, it behooves me, in adapting another, to state, with the utmost brevity wherein Laplace's theory is false and harmful. I shall also give my explanation of Mill's assenting to it.

If, upon any occasion, we were to devise a method of forming a numerous sample of any class, say the Ss, which

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