राष्ट्रीय शिक्षा प्रणाली एवं भारतीय मानस (श्री अरविन्द - एकात्म शिक्षा दर्शन)

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after a varying interval of darkness. I
have already ascertained that wherever
there is smoke, there is fire. I have
induced that general rule from an
observation of facts. I deduce that
in a particular case of smoke, there is
a fire behind. I infer that a man
must have let it from the improbabi-
lity of any other cause under the
particular circumstances. I cannot
deduce it because fire is not always
created by human kindling ; it may be
volcanic or caused by a stroke of
lightening or the sparks from some
kind of friction in the neighbourhood.
There are three elements necessary
to correct reasoning: first, the correct-
ness of the facts or conclusions I start
from, secondly, the completeness as
well as the accuracy of the data I
start from, thirdly, the elimination of
other possible or impossible conclu-