"Our assent to the hypothesis implies that it is held to be true of all particular instances. That these cases belong to past or to future times, that they have or have not already occurred, makes no difference in the applicability of the rule to them. Because the rule prevails, it includes all cases."

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Source : William Whewell (1968). “Theory of Scientific Method”, p.151, Hackett Publishing

William Whewell

#Past Quotes #Differences Quotes #Cases Quotes

“Remember why you're running your marathon. When you're struggling with those training runs that thought will help you.”
“America must raise an empire of permanent duration, supported upon the grand pillars of Truth, Freedom, and Religion, encouraged by the smiles of Justice and defended by her own patriotic sons.”
“London keeps me grounded. We don't get praised every time we open our gobs there.”
“I'm much more energetic now; you might say live performance is my mission.”
“If American citizens don't wake up and adopt the Virgil Goode position on immigration there will likely be many more Muslims elected to office and demanding the use of the Koran”

Source : "Rep. Goode: No Apology For Muslim Letter". www.cbsnews.com. December 20, 2006.
“I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it”
“Teaching writing puts you on the point of a pin in terms of what you want your own writing to be.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“The Internet kept the joke going. Abevigoda.com was devoted to updating the actor's status, as was @AbeVigodaUpdate, a Twitter account.”

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