And as the first imagination or invention of a particular effect, in all natural operations, is arbitrary, where we consult not experience; so must we also esteem the supposed tie or connexion between the cause and effect, which binds them together, and renders it impossible that any other effect could result from the operation of that cause.
Eta eragiketa natural guztietan halako efektu jakin baten lehen irudipena edo asmakuntza arbitrarioa denez esperientziarekin kontsultatu ezik, era berberean jo behar dugu baita kausa-efektuen arteko lokarri edo konexioa delakoa ere, biak batzen eta kausa haren eraginetik harako beste edozein efektu ezinezko bihurtzen duen lokarria.