Deduction, which takes us from the general proposition to facts again-…

Thomas Huxley
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Deduction, which takes us from the general proposition to facts again-teaches us, if I may so say, to anticipate from the ticket what is inside the bundle. ✨ Thomas Henry Huxley (1872). Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews, p.83
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Deduction, which takes us from the general proposition to facts again-teaches us, if I may so say, to anticipate from the ticket what is inside the bundle. ✨ Thomas Henry Huxley (1872). Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews, p.83

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