Excerpt from Pantographia: Containing Accurate Copies of All the Known Alphabets in the World; Together With an English Explanation of the Peculiar Force or Power of Each Letter: To Which Are Added, Specimens of All Well-Authenticated Oral Languages; Forming a Comprehensive Digest
In order to judge of the validity of the arguments which may be brought in support of either of these opinions, it will be proper to state what is agreed on by both parties.
First, Human beings invent, or make discoveries, either by accident, or by comparing means with their ends.
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