IN historical debates, says he, nothing is to be received upon trust, but facts are to be examined, and a judgment formed upon the authority by which those facts are supported; by this method we shall arrive at truth: And if it shall appear, that, in the course of this long history, there are any considerable mistakes, the world may be assured I will take the first opportunity to retract or amend them. A NOBLE declaration, indeed! But let us now see how consentaneous his representation of the English
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