BOOK I PART III
effects, but even after experience has informed
us of their constant conjunction, it is impossi-
ble for us to satisfy ourselves by our reason,
why we should extend that experience beyond
those particular instances, which have fallen
under our observation. We suppose, but are
never able to prove, that there must be a resem-
blance betwixt those objects, of which we have
had experience, and those which lie beyond the
reach of our discovery.
We have already taken notice of certain rela-
tions, which make us pass from one object to
another, even though there be no reason to de-
termine us to that transition; and this we may
establish for a general rule, that wherever the
mind constantly and uniformly makes a tran-
sition without any reason, it is influenced by
these relations. Now this is exactly the present