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a true Induction. Now I am loath to believe that
such perfectly single-minded, sincere,
serious and sacred search as that of Gratry
is in any given case utterly and irretrievably erroneous.
There is some truth in what he says. Only
it does not apply to Induction which is
merely the process of appraising a
theory already proposed to which Gratry's
devout thought should be understood to apply,
but to Abduction, which alone brings
forth all new conceptions.

Dismissing that let us consider the answer
to our question that is given by
DeMorgan and others, and which virtually
has the support of LaPlace, although he

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a true Induction. Now I am loath to believe that
such perfectly single-minded, sincere,
serious and sacred search as that of Gratry
is in any given case utterly and irretrievably erroneous.
There is some truth in what he says. Only
it does not apply to Induction which is
merely the process of appraising a
theory already proposed to which Gratry's
devout thought should be understood to apply,
but to Abduction, which alone brings
forth all new conceptions.

Dismissing that let us consider tthat answer
to our question that is given by
DeMorgan and others, and which virtually
has the support of LaPlace, although he