At Each Increase Of Knowledge, As Well

Scientific Knowledge Scarcely Exists Amongst The Higher Classes Of Society. The Discussion In The Houses Of Lords Or Of Commons, Which Arise On The Occurrence Of Any Subjects Connected With Science, Sufficiently Prove This Fact.

The Quantity Of Meaning Compressed Into Small Space By Algebraic Signs, Is Another Circumstance That Facilitates The Reasonings We Are Accustomed To Carry On By Their Aid.

The Errors Which Arise From The Absence Of Facts Are Far More Numerous And More Durable Than Those Which Result From Unsound Reasoning Respecting True Data.

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.

The True Value Of The Christian Religion Rests, Not Upon Speculative Views Of The Creator, Which Must Necessarily Be Different In Each Individual, According To The Extent Of The Knowledge Of The Finite Being, Who Employs His Own Feeble Powers In Contemplating The Infinite: But It Rests Upon Those Doctrines Of Kindness And Benevolence Which That Religion Claims And Enforces, Not Merely In Favour Of Man Himself But Of Every Creature Susceptible Of Pain Or Of Happiness.