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1、2017“外研社杯”全国英语阅读大赛初赛试卷ReadandCreateYouwillreadapassageandthenwriteashortessayaccordingtoit.Youshouldwritewithclarityandlogic.(Timeallowed:40minutes)Question32(Suggestedcompletiontime:40minutes)Directions:ReadapassagefromDiscourseontheMethodofRightlyConductingtheRea
2、sonandSeekingtheTruthintheSciences.Writeashortessayaccordingtothepassage.…Andasamultitudeoflawsoftenonlyhampersjustice,sothatastateisbestgovernedwhen,withfewlaws,thesearerigidlyadministered;inlikemanner,insteadofthegreatnumberofpreceptsofwhichlogiciscomposed,Ibelie
3、vedthatthefourfollowingwouldproveperfectlysufficientforme,providedItookthefirmandunwaveringresolutionneverinasingleinstancetofailinobservingthem.ThefirstwasnevertoacceptanythingfortruewhichIdidnotclearlyknowtobesuch;thatistosay,carefullytoavoidprecipitancyandprejud
4、ice,andtocomprisenothingmoreinmyjudgmentthanwhatwaspresentedtomymindsoclearlyanddistinctlyastoexcludeallgroundofdoubt.Thesecond,todivideeachofthedifficultiesunderexaminationintoasmanypartsaspossible,andasmightbenecessaryforitsadequatesolution.Thethird,toconductmyth
5、oughtsinsuchorderthat,bycommencingwithobjectsthesimplestandeasiesttoknow,Imightascendbylittleandlittle,and,asitwere,stepbystep,totheknowledgeofthemorecomplex;assigninginthoughtacertainordereventothoseobjectswhichintheirownnaturedonotstandinarelationofantecedenceand
6、sequence.Andthelast,ineverycasetomakeenumerationssocomplete,andreviewssogeneral,thatImightbeassuredthatnothingwasomitted.Thelongchainsofsimpleandeasyreasoningsbymeansofwhichgeometersareaccustomedtoreachtheconclusionsoftheirmostdifficultdemonstrations,hadledmetoimag
7、inethatallthings,totheknowledgeofwhichmaniscompetent,aremutuallyconnectedinthesameway,andthatthereisnothingsofarremovedfromusastobebeyondourreach,orsohiddenthatwecannotdiscoverit,provided4onlyweabstainfromacceptingthefalseforthetrue,andalwayspreserveinourthoughtsth
8、eordernecessaryforthedeductionofonetruthfromanother.AndIhadlittledifficultyindeterminingtheobjectswithwhichitwasnecessarytocommence,forIwasalread
