ity of travelling over the c compass of nature in quest of instances before w� establish any of philosophy or principles of science bacon i will explain to you the of the between your ud of reasoning and mine and the necessity in order to arrive at a just philosophy of a ad to my method after only a partial collection of phenomena if we undertake to or what i have wc forth into the dark and almost always arrive at and or if perchance they are true we cannot repose with entire confidence and full a iu upon them they do not rest up n the foundation of and when therefore a� them m settled and established truths we undertake to form out of them � a is usually done what i have called or of philosophy wc involve ourselves in a of uncertainty and our reasoning being in the outset only plunge at every step more and more deeply into the error on the other hand reflect upon the method of which i recommend i would have us approach the works of nature for the purpose of contemplation and inquiry under a deep conviction that they present to us a profound obscure into the feeble light of own cannot penetrate and through which reason can make no progress hut with the support and assistance of careful observation our minds from all errors and prejudices or its devotion to the numerous as i call them which occasion to view every object a coloured medium wc should appear at the of the d of nature ax when wc seek to enter into the ae like little f we are to gain ta � k re l � v� � � � � � � � as i d h v bs i i t for tho in which wc engaging wc proceed in the of et cautiously and by a carefully all the phenomena presented to our inspection comparing with utmost attention and which are favourable and those und when wc have advanced far enough in the matter of and experience settle our or principles of science and having attained this in our progress wc must with care and collection of to our or general principle and when by process we to great we can safely take a course and apply to the particular cases that arise in this path us at c ery step in the other we n wander into the dark and hj of uncertainty and error my plan is like building a out of solid and by regular from its foundation iu top your a is like attempting to erect the roof and its a � � before even the is finished to illustrate this matter by the very example with which you have furnished me from works � from the operation of the of and shadow of the � earth upon t c moon you the the earth is a sphere contrary to the opinion of other philosophers of your time but upon your it ought to have been a perfect globe upon mine it has l en found not to be so but a or at the here jou tliat you too to your the earth is a perfect globe and had you gone on in your usual progress to form from this principle as for instance that all bodies upon the s are equally remote from the centre the degrees of at the poles are equal to those at the you would have fallen in your into the errors the plan which i these errors have l avoided by trusting w to fact and experience the truth is that this from a few particular instances to leap to general conclusions to which tl e human mind finds so temptation in the relief which tliey it from the fatigue of in v estimation is the of philosophy and the productive cause of ail those idle theories which have been n � e la dis in n cat ti � et ul mu fe ti iii in iu i il n ii or i � ud w � � ii � � d at � t f na a el i bt iu j ic t et � i v � t v a a e� mm a w t� t� a � � � � � na w i i r s s aid which by fact and like of a vision h v im ht d lit it of truth und the i of man t but of an in tu in it i with the i o and most utterly fail unless it derive its from powerful you to it the requisite support in u c of the by the potent of mode at bent could but to c l ii i tr to clear and ar iti i li thai now begins to in upon my subject perceive that your of which with address have illustrated recommended and in your it one of those which appear in minds to be the work of a� if en then nearer to itself in order that b the of their by and hey may catch from it a beam of ha but before i give way to a sudden in your favour admit your without allow me to inquire are you perfectly certain that you not in this case derived your hint from me you admit i made ok of this thou in a degree and a of its power his ion you of your finest and rob you of honour in great bacon i know thai it has been said that i have copied your works without having the and generosity to acknowledge it out this is a great mistake f to have written upon the of natural philosophy of of of of und und briefly upon almost all tlie branches of science me a of your trade i t i be content 