Nature's Causes and Effects

A carpenter could not as we say make a chair unless he knew something of the properties and powers of wood. A blacksmith could not make a horseshoe unless he knew that it is a property of iron to become soft and easily hammered into shape when it is made red-hot. Many objects and chains of causes and effects in nature are out of our reach. Nothing happens by accident, and there is no such thing as chance. Some events take place in regular order, and some causes always give rise to the same effects. The sun always rises on one side and sets on the other side of the sky. In all such cases, the direct influence of man avails him nothing