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jasirs94 at Mar 25, 2017 07:46 PM

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a marvellous confirmation of an idea which he cannot, even
then, fully express to himself, because it is an idea too great for
the human mind. So I would describe the "humble argument,"
the process of thought which the lowliest may rise to.

Now the logical critic is to examine this argument, and
scientifically and coldly inquire into its validity. That man
has a power of successful inquiry no one of us doubts. A fish is
not more sure that he can swim than a man is that he can
understand. Let us begin by tracing out the process, and

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marvellous confirmation of an idea which he cannot, even then, fully express to himself, because it is an idea too great for the human mind. So I would describe the "humble argument," the process of thought which the lowliest may rise to.

Now the logical critic is to examine this argument, and scientifically and coldly inquire into its validity. That man has a power of successful inquiry no one of us doubts. A fish is not more sure that he can swim than a man is that he can understand. Let us begin by tracing out the process, and