Excerpt from An Essay on the Powers and Mechanism of Nature: Intended, by a Deeper Analysis of Physical Principles, to Extend, Improve, and More Firmly Establish, the Grand Superstructure of the Newtonian SystemSurely, when implicit faith in any human authority is thus required of us, it is time we fhould difpute, if not becaufe we doubt, to alfert, at lead, the freedom of the mind, and preferve the right of doubting.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.