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I Am Inclined To Attach Some Importance To The New System Of Manufacturing; And Venture To Throw It Out With The Hope Of Its Receiving A Full Discussion Among Those Who Are Most Interestedin The Subject.

The Influence Of Electricity In Producing Decompositions, Although Of Inestimable Value As An Instrument Of Discovery In Chemical Inquiries, Can Hardly Be Said To Have Been Applied To The Practical Purposes Of Life, Until The Same Powerful Genius [davy] Which Detected The Principle, Applied It, By A Singular Felicity Of Reasoning, To Arrest The Corrosion Of The Copper-sheathing Of Vessels. ... This Was Regarded As By Laplace As The Greatest Of Sir Humphry's Discoveries.

That Science Has Long Been Neglected And Declining In England, Is Not An Opinion Originating With Me, But Is Shared By Many, And Has Been Expressed By Higher Authority Than Mine.

As Soon As An Analytical Engine Exists, It Will Neccessarily Guide The Future Course Of Science.

There Is Nothing In The Nature Of A Miracle That Should Render It Incredible:;: Its Credibility Depends Upon The Nature Of The Evidence By Which It Is Supported. An Event Of Extreme Probability Will Not Necessarily Command Our Belief Unless Upon A Sufficiency Of Proof; And So An Event Which We May Regard As Highly Improbable May Command Our Belief If It Is Sustained By Sufficient Evidence. So That The Credibility Or Incredibility Of An Event Does Not Rest Upon The Nature Of The Event Itself, But Depends Upon The Nature And Sufficiency Of The Proof Which Sustains It.