An Investigation of Homoeopathy Author:William Sharp Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ESSAY IV. THE PRINCIPLE OF HOMOEOPATHY. " The discovery of natural truth has been remarkably slow. When the discovery is a single fact many years commonly ... more »elapse before the next fact in connection with it is brought to light. When it is of a more general kind, and partakes of the nature of a law, it more commonly suggests other truths and valuable circumstances in connection with it, by which means a more rapid progress is, for a time, made."—Sir John Herschel. ESSAY IV. THE PRINCIPLE OF HOMEOPATHY. " Experience shows many means to be conducive and necessary to accomplish ends, which means, before experience, we should have thought, would have had even a contrary tendency."—Butler, Analogy. " Trial," says Sir William Blackstone, " is the examination of the matter of fact in issue; of which there are many different species, according to the difference of the subject or thing to be tried This being the one invariable principle pursued, that as well the best method of trial, as the best evidence upon that trial, which the nature of the case affords, and no other shall be admitted." " Evidence," says the same authority, " signifies that which demonstrates, makes clear, or ascertains the truth of the very fact or point in issue, either on the one side or on the other; and no evidence ought to be admitted to any other point." The laws of nature are general facts ascertained to be so by inference or induction from a great multitude of particular facts. They are discovered, and their truth proved and maintained, by examining them as matters of fact. They are tried by the best method, and on the best evidence which the nature of the case admits. It is the distinguished prerogative of a few individuals' to discover them, but when once announced they are open...« less