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.
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
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