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CATHER

LONDON:

SAVILL AND EDWARDS, PRINTERS, CHANDOS STREET,

COVENT GARDEN.

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6 The experimental method would be no security against false
facts in politics; torture-a species of experiment

7 Men in society voluntarily change their positions, and thus pro-
vide a substitute for experiment

8 Extraordinary national events serve the purpose of scientific

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Practical experiments in politics, compared with similar expe
riments in other branches of practice

Practical experiments in politics often serve the purpose of

scientific experiments, and establish general truths . . 176

Politics is an experimental science, if practical experiments are
included; but politics is not an experimental science, if
scientific experiments are alone meant

13 Results of the chapter.

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4 Hearsay evidence defined; its defects

5 Causes of the inferiority of hearsay to original evidence
6 Hearsay evidence is excluded in courts of justice; reasons of
the exclusion; inquiry how far these reasons apply to his-
torical evidence

7 Perpetuation of historical evidence in writing; historical evi-
dence is not weakened by lapse of time, so long as an accu-
rate written record of it is preserved

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15 Also by the introduction of imaginary speeches
16 And by the suggestion of conjectural motives

13 Causes of departure from truth in history; personal interest,
variety, love of the marvellous, party spirit, dislike of
labour, desire of enlivening the narrative

Perversion of historical truth for didactic purposes

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