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Excerpt from On the Prevalence of Certain Numbers in Relation to Events Our notion Of that imaginary substitute for uni versal Providence, which we call chance, is the false creation Of our ignorance; we are indisposed to ao knowledge cause and efect as necessarily connected beyond the limits Of our comprehension. Where our knowledge ends, the chaotic empire Of supposed irre gular casualty begins and we are so accustomed by experience to relative beginnings, that we are always inclined to search for an absolute beginning. Hence arises the idea Of an everlasting previous chaos ano ther term for chance, in reference to the harmony Of the material world. For the same reason, we talk Of the accidental coincidence Of analogous or similar events, where we cannot Observe the evidence Of collateral connexion, because we do not appre ciate the necessity for one universal adjustment, independently Of any direct series of special causes and effects. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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