II. A letter from the Rev. Dr. Samuel Clarke to Mr. Benjamin Hoadly, F. R. S. occasion'd by the present controversy among mathematicians, concerning the proportion of velocity and force in bodies in motion

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Sir , It has often been observed in general, that Learning does not give Men Understanding; and that the absurdest Things in the World have been asserted and maintained, by Persons whose Education and Studies should seem to have furnish'd them with the greatest Extent of Science.