BOOK II PART III
To this end a very slight and general view
of the common course of human affairs will be
sufficient. There is no light, in which we can
take them, that does nor confirm this principle.
Whether we consider mankind according to
the difference of sexes, ages, governments, con-
ditions, or methods of education; the same uni-
formity and regular operation of natural prin-
ciples are discernible. Uke causes still produce
like effects; in the same manner as in the mu-
tual action of the elements and powers of na-
ture.
There are different trees, which regularly
produce fruit, whose relish is different from
each other; and this regularity will be admit-
ted as an instance of necessity and causes in
external bodies. But are the products of Gui-
enne and of Champagne more regularly differ-