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WW is at work 'with great activity' upon his history and philosophy of the inductive sciences: 'The history of mechanics and astronomy is so important and instructive that I must be liberally full'. He expects 'that by means of it I shall be able to shut the mouths of all gain sayers of my philosophy'. WW still holds that his philosophy contains 'the most valuable parts of my speculations'. If in the course of writing his book on the history ['The History of the Inductive Sciences, from the Earliest to the Present Time', 3 vols., 1837], he finds himself 'becoming metaphysical and transcendental, I open book two ['The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, Founded upon their History', 2 vols., 1840], in which all these things fall into their places, and will in the end make the most beautiful system that can be imagined'.