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A fact must be assimilated with, or discriminated fromm, some othe

A fact must be assimilated with, or discriminated fromm, some other fact or facts, in order to be raised to the dignity of a truth, and made to convey the least knowledge to the mind. – Henry Mayhew

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The deductive method is the mode of using knowledge, and the inductive method the mode of acquiring it. – Henry Mayhew

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