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The Philosopher Who Broaches A New Theory Is Bound To Furnish, At
Least, Some Elementary Proofs Of The Reasonableness Of His
Positions, And The Historian Who Ventures To Record Marvels That
Have Hitherto Been Hid From Human Knowledge, Owes It To A Decent
Regard To The Opinions Of Others, To Produce Some Credible Testimony
In Favor Of His Veracity. I Am Peculiarly Placed in regard To These
Two Great Essentials Having Little More Than Its Plausibility To
Offer In favor Of My Philosophy, And No Other Witness Than Myself To
Establish The Important Facts That Are Now About To Be Laid Before
The Reading World For The First Time.