However much our late fatalists have boasted of this principle as of a law of nature... I am persuaded that, whenever they shall be pleased to give us any measure of the strength of motives distinct from their prevalence, it will appear, from experience, that the strongest motive does not always prevail. - Thomas Reid

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Thomas Reid: "However much our late fatalists have boasted of this principle as of a law of nature... I am persuaded that, whenever they shall be pleased to give us any measure of the strength of motives distinct from their prevalence, it will appear, from experience, that the strongest motive does not always prevail."

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Fatalists	Give	Late	Measure
Motive	Motives	Nature	Persuaded
Pleased	Prevail	Prevalence	Principle
Strength	Strongest	Whenever

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