Even after one instance or experiment where we have observed a particular event to follow upon another, we are not entitled to form a general rule, or foretell what will happen in like cases; it being justly esteemed an unpardonable temerity to judge of the whole course of nature from one single experiment, however accurate or certain.
Halako gertaera bat beste bati darraiola hauteman dugun kasu edo esperimendu baten ondoren ere, ez gara nor arau orokorrik adierazteko edo antzeko kasuetan zer gertatuko den aurreratzeko, zeren zuzenki ausarkeria barkagaiztzat jotzen baita naturaren abio osoa kasu bakarretik epaitzea, den zehatzena eta ziurrena bada ere.