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For
analogy was not sent down from heaven at the
creation of mankind to frame the rules of language,
but was discovered after they began to speak and to
note the terminations of words used in speech. It
is therefore based not on reason but on example,
nor is it a law of language, but rather a practice
which is observed, being in fact the offspring of
usage.
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