A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive, 7th Edition, Vol. II
CHAPTER XI. _Additional Elucidations of the Science of History.
ยง 1. The subjection of historical facts to uniform laws is verified by statistics 529
2. --does not imply the insignificance of moral causes 532
3. --nor the inefficacy of the characters of individuals and of the acts of governments 535
4. The historical importance of eminent men and of the policy of governments illustrated 540