philosophy, and human philosophy or humanity. For all things are marked and

stamped with this triple character, of the power of God, the difference of

nature, and the use of man.

 

--LORD BACON, _The Advancement of Learning_.[16]

 

=Division= differs only from analysis in that analysis follows the inherent

divisions of a subject, as illustrated in the foregoing passage, while division

arbitrarily separates the subject for convenience of treatment, as in the

following none-too-logical example:

 

For civil history, it is of three kinds; not unfitly to be compared with the

three kinds of pictures or images. For of pictures or images, we see some are

unfinished, some are perfect, and some are defaced. So of histories we may find

three kinds, memorials, perfect histories, and antiquities; for memorials are

history unfinished, or the first or rough drafts of history; and antiquities are

history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the

shipwreck of time.

 

--LORD BACON, _The Advancement of Learning_.[16A]

 

=Generalization= states a broad principle, or a general truth, derived from

examination of a considerable number of individual facts. This synthetic

exposition is not the same as argumentative generalization, which supports a

general contention by citing instances in proof. Observe how Holmes begins with