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1208. CHEMISTRY, Experiments in.—
The contradictory experiments of chemists leave us at liberty to conclude what we please.
My conclusion is, that art has not yet invented
sufficient aids to enable such subtle
bodies [air, light, &c.] to make a well-defined
impression on organs as blunt as ours; that
it is laudable to encourage investigation but
to hold back conclusion.—
To Rev. James Madison. Washington ed. ii, 431.
(P.
1788)
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