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The Analyst.

Qu. 37. Whether the greateſt Genius wreſtling with falſe Principles may not be foiled? And whether accurate Quadratures can be obtained without new Poſtulata or Aſſumptions? And if not, whether thoſe which are intelligible and conſiſtent ought not to be preferred to the contrary? See Sect. XXVIII and XXIX.

Qu. 38. Whether tedious Calculations in Algebra and Fluxions be the liklieſt Method to improve the Mind? And whether Mens being accuſtomed to reaſon altogether about Mathematical Signs and Figures, doth not make them at a loſs how to reaſon without them?

Qu. 39. Whether, whatever readineſs Analyſts acquire in ſtating a Problem, or finding apt Expreſſions for Mathematical Quantities, the ſame doth neceſſarily infer a proportionable ability in conceiving and expreſſing other Matters?

Qu. 40. Whether it be not a general Caſe or Rule, that one and the ſame Coefficient dividing equal Products gives e-

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